As Reported by the House Health and Aging Committee

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

Sub. S. B. No. 38

Senator Hughes 

Cosponsors: Senators Brown, Jones, Kearney, Manning, Schaffer, Seitz, Smith, Stewart, Tavares, Turner, Bacon, Cafaro, Faber, Hite, Jordan, LaRose, Obhof, Oelslager, Patton, Sawyer, Schiavoni, Wagoner, Widener, Wilson 

Representatives Goodwin, Fende, Antonio, Barnes, Burke, Carney, Celeste, Duffey, Gardner, Garland, Hollington, Hottinger, Johnson, McKenney, Ramos, Schuring, Yuko 

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A BILL

To enact section 5.2267 of the Revised Code to

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designate May as "ALS Awareness Month."

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 5.2267 of the Revised Code be enacted	3
to read as follows:	4

Sec. 5.2267.  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly	5
known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that	6
affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord causing	7
progressive muscle weakness and paralysis, and eventually death,	8
while the patient's mental capacity and awareness of the disease	9
remain unaffected. Because there is no known cause, prevention, or	10
cure for this devastating disease, the general assembly finds that	11
it is vitally important that the month of May be designated as	12
"ALS Awareness Month."	13

The month of May therefore is designated as "ALS Awareness	14
Month" to increase public awareness and understanding of	15
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and to encourage efforts in finding	16
treatments and a cure for ALS.	17