SR 97 Summary

• Designates May 15, 2014, as Lupus Advocacy Day in Oklahoma

• Designates May 2014 as Lupus Awareness Month in Oklahoma

• Acknowledges approximately 50,000 Oklahomans have Lupus, an acute and chronic autoimmune disease affecting multiple organ systems

• Notes Lupus disproportionately affects women of childbearing age and minority populations at 2-3 times higher rates

• Directs distribution of the resolution to the Lupus Foundation of Oklahoma