H.B. 379

126th General Assembly

(As Passed by the General Assembly)

Reps. Yuko, DeGeeter, Hughes, Trakas, Harwood, Sykes, DeBose, Redfern, Brown, Williams, Otterman, Mason, Oelslager, Smith, S., Driehaus, Stewart, D., Patton, S., Wolpert, Barrett, Domenick, Fende, Garrison, Strahorn, Willamowski, Faber, Schaffer, Chandler, Flowers, Evans, C., Yates, Reidelbach, Hartnett, Combs, Dolan, McGregor, J., Carano, Skindell, Boccieri, Miller, Healy, Gilb, Perry, Wagoner, Beatty, Cassell, Ujvagi, Allen, Key, Latta, Bubp, Distel, Mitchell, Book, Coley, Sayre, Blasdel, Carmichael, Patton, T., Walcher, Setzer, Uecker, Aslanides, Blessing, Brinkman, Buehrer, Calvert, Collier, Evans, D., Gibbs, Hagan, Hood, Hoops, Kilbane, Koziura, Law, Martin, McGregor, R., Peterson, Raussen, Reinhard, Schlichter, Seitz, Smith, G., Stewart, J., Taylor, Webster, White, Widener, Widowfield, Woodard

Sens. Fingerhut, Wilson, Hagan, Clancy, Miller, Coughlin, Armbruster, Brady, Austria, Carey, Cates, Dann, Fedor, Goodman, Grendell, Harris, Amstutz, Niehaus, Padgett, Roberts, Schuler, Schuring, Spada, Zurz, Gardner, Jordan, Kearney, Jacobson, Prentiss

Effective date: June 6, 2006

ACT SUMMARY

· Designates March of each year as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month.

CONTENT AND OPERATION

The act designates each March as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month to enhance understanding of the disease, including its causes and health effects, and to support and encourage education programs and research to develop effective therapies and find a cure (R.C. 5.2232). The act also states that the General Assembly's intent in making this designation is to increase public awareness and understanding of multiple sclerosis in order to help serve the thousands of Ohioans and their families affected by this disease (Section 2).

COMMENT

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease in which there is scattered destruction or damage to the myelin sheath of nerves in the central nervous system that may result in speech defects and loss of muscular coordination.

HISTORY

ACTION	DATE
Introduced	10-13-05
Reported, H. State Government	02-07-06
Passed House (96-0)	02-14-06
Reported, S. Health, Human Services & Aging	02-23-06
Passed Senate (32-0)	02-28-06

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