PRINTER'S NO. 3214
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
696
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, SAINATO, BURNS, READSHAW, DEASY, KULIK,
KORTZ, KIM, DONATUCCI, CAUSER, GREINER, RYAN, SIMMONS,
KAUFFMAN, HILL-EVANS, PICKETT, SONNEY, HENNESSEY, BOBACK,
BIZZARRO, LONGIETTI, THOMAS, McNEILL, SCHLOSSBERG, MADDEN,
KINSEY, ULLMAN, MURT, MARSHALL, FREEMAN, SCHMITT, BERNSTINE,
BROOKS, MILLARD, PASHINSKI, HOWARD, MACKENZIE, BROWN,
ROEBUCK, DeLUCA, YOUNGBLOOD, NEILSON, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
CONKLIN AND STRUZZI, JANUARY 30, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES, JANUARY 30, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of March 8 through 14, 2020, as "Multiple
Sclerosis Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease of the
central nervous system affecting an estimated 1 million people;
and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania chapters of the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society report that in this Commonwealth more than
27,000 people are affected by multiple sclerosis; and
WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis generally strikes young adults 20
to 50 years of age, attacking them in the prime of their lives,
and the cause and a cure remain unknown; and
WHEREAS, For 74 years, the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society has been committed to a world free of multiple sclerosis
and heightening public knowledge and insight about the disease;
and
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