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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2019 - 2020
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | May 6, 2019 03:51 PM |
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| From: | Representative Marcy Toepel and Rep. Mark Longietti |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Rare Disease Day in Pennsylvania – May 7, 2019 |
| We are going to introduce a resolution today designating May 7, 2019 as “Rare Disease Day” in Pennsylvania. There are approximately 1.2 million Pennsylvanians who suffer from rare diseases, and nearly 7,000 such diseases exist. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), nearly 30 million Americans have rare diseases, of which more than half are children. A disease is considered rare if it affects fewer than 200,000 Americans. The diseases tend to be serious and life-threatening and lack an effective treatment. |
Introduced as HR316