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DE HR23

Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/9/2016

Primary Sponsor

Valerie Longhurst

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Origin

House of Representatives

148th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Designates the week of March 7-13, 2016, as "MS Awareness Week" in Delaware.

  • Recognizes multiple sclerosis as a neurological disease affecting at least 2.3 million people worldwide and more than 1,600 people in Delaware.

  • Acknowledges that MS typically strikes people between ages 20-50 and causes unpredictable, often debilitating effects with unknown cause and cure.

  • Commends the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's Greater Delaware Valley Chapter for over 57 years of commitment to MS research and funding over $920,000,000 in groundbreaking research since 1946.

  • Expresses Delaware's support for discovering the cause, finding a cure, and preventing future MS diagnoses.

Legislative Description

Designating The Week Of March 7-13, 2016, As “ms Awareness Week.”

Last Action

Passed in House by Voice Vote

3/9/2016

Full Bill Text

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