PRINTER'S NO. 1397
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
230
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY CUTLER, READSHAW, KORTZ, SOLOMON, BIZZARRO, PYLE,
KAUFFMAN, HILL-EVANS, YOUNGBLOOD, MEHAFFIE, PICKETT,
D. MILLER, FEE, HENNESSEY, SCHMITT, DiGIROLAMO, ROTHMAN,
GLEIM, KINSEY, CAUSER, KNOWLES, GREINER, SCHLOSSBERG, RYAN,
THOMAS, LONGIETTI, CALTAGIRONE, MILLARD, BOBACK, SCHLEGEL
CULVER, BARRAR, STAATS, PASHINSKI, VITALI, EVERETT, JOZWIAK,
B. MILLER, HARKINS, HICKERNELL, FRITZ, SONNEY, ISAACSON,
LEWIS, GABLER, BERNSTINE, BROWN, McNEILL, FREEMAN, IRVIN,
WARREN, MACKENZIE, DEASY, OBERLANDER, SAYLOR, MENTZER,
OWLETT, ZIMMERMAN, GILLESPIE, MURT, NEILSON, LAWRENCE,
DeLUCA, HAHN, DUSH, CIRESI, SIMMONS, HERSHEY, MARKOSEK,
MULLINS, POLINCHOCK, WEBSTER AND WHEELAND, APRIL 15, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 15, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of May 2019 as "Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is better known
as Lou Gehrig's disease; and
WHEREAS, ALS is a fatal neurodegenerative disease
characterized by degeneration of cell bodies of the lower motor
neurons in the gray matter of the anterior horn of the spinal
cord; and
WHEREAS, The initial symptom of ALS is weakness of the
skeletal muscles, especially those of the extremities; and
WHEREAS, As ALS progresses, the patient experiences
difficulty in swallowing, talking and breathing; and
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