PRINTER'S NO. 505
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
92
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, KULIK, BURNS, DEASY, DeLUCA, MARKOSEK,
READSHAW, KORTZ, GREINER, BERNSTINE, DONATUCCI, LONGIETTI,
SCHLEGEL CULVER, CALTAGIRONE, McNEILL, KINSEY, SCHLOSSBERG,
PICKETT, BARRAR, HENNESSEY, SONNEY, DiGIROLAMO, HILL-EVANS,
MACKENZIE, FEE, DAVIDSON, THOMAS, B. MILLER, MEHAFFIE,
BIZZARRO, NEILSON, BROWN, MURT, FREEMAN, ISAACSON, MILLARD,
WARREN, OBERLANDER, SAYLOR, RYAN, SCHWEYER, MARSHALL AND
SAINATO, FEBRUARY 19, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of March 10 through 16, 2019, as "Multiple
Sclerosis Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease of the
central nervous system affecting an estimated 2.3 million
people; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania chapters of the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society report that in this Commonwealth more than
24,000 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 73 years, the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society has been committed to a world free of multiple sclerosis
and to heightening public knowledge and insight about the
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