FL H8039

Designates June 9, 2026, as "FSGS Awareness Day" in Florida to raise awareness of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a rare kidney disease causing scarring that often leads to kidney failure

Florida has the highest rate of chronic kidney disease among Medicare beneficiaries in the nation at 30 percent, with glomerulonephritis being the third leading cause

50 percent of FSGS patients require dialysis or kidney transplant within 5 to 10 years of diagnosis, and the disease can recur in transplanted kidneys up to 80 percent of the time

Rare kidney diseases like FSGS represent only 5-10 percent of chronic kidney disease patients but account for approximately 30 percent of kidney failures

Recognizes the Tampa Pig Jig fundraising event, started in 2011, which now draws approximately 10,000 annual attendees and has raised millions for FSGS research