MI HB5963

Designates May of each year as "Huntington's Disease Awareness Month" in Michigan

Recognizes Huntington's disease as a progressive degenerative neurological disease affecting over 41,000 Americans with 200,000 others genetically at risk of inheriting the disease gene

Notes that each child of a parent with Huntington's disease has a 50% chance of inheriting the gene, typically manifests between ages 30-50, and has an average lifespan of 10-20 years after onset

Acknowledges that juvenile-onset Huntington's disease can occur in children as young as 2 years old and progresses more rapidly, with affected children rarely living to adulthood

Identifies blue as the color representing adult-onset Huntington's disease and purple as the color representing juvenile-onset Huntington's disease for awareness purposes