Bill Text: FL S0800 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-26 - Introduced -SJ 00804; Read 2nd time -SJ 00804; Adopted -SJ 00804 [S0800 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0800-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                             (NP)    SR 800 
 
By Senator Hill 
1-00680-10                                             2010800__ 
1                          Senate Resolution 
2         A resolution recognizing May 12, 2010, as 
3         “Fibromyalgia Awareness Day” in Florida. 
4 
5         WHEREAS, an estimated 10 million people in the United 
6  States and millions of people worldwide have been diagnosed with 
7  fibromyalgia, a disease for which there is no known cause or 
8  cure, and 
9         WHEREAS, it often takes an average of 5 years to receive a 
10  diagnosis of fibromyalgia, and medical professionals frequently 
11  are inadequately educated on the diagnosis and treatment of 
12  fibromyalgia, and 
13         WHEREAS, fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder that is 
14  becoming an increasingly common diagnosis and taking a toll 
15  emotionally, financially, and socially on patients, their 
16  family, friends, coworkers, and communities, and 
17         WHEREAS, fibromyalgia is life-altering, preventing patients 
18  from contributing to society at the level they once did because 
19  of myriad symptoms that can come and go unpredictably and vary 
20  in severity, and 
21         WHEREAS, the chronically ill place a larger burden on the 
22  health care and insurance systems and employers due to the costs 
23  associated with treatment, medications, and sometimes 
24  hospitalizations associated with the disorder, and 
25         WHEREAS, society as a whole is also affected when patients 
26  are physically unable to work and must depend on government 
27  assistance to survive, and 
28         WHEREAS, increased awareness and expanded knowledge of the 
29  realities of life with fibromyalgia will allow the community at 
30  large to better support patients and their families, friends, 
31  coworkers, and employers who struggle with the challenges of 
32  this chronic-pain disorder, and 
33         WHEREAS, the National Fibromyalgia Association is a 
34  nonprofit charitable organization and the publisher of 
35  Fibromyalgia AWARE, the first and only consumer magazine on 
36  fibromyalgia, and 
37         WHEREAS, the National Fibromyalgia Association and Fibro 
38  Chronic Babes of Jacksonville and other groups around the 
39  country have joined together to promote fibromyalgia awareness 
40  and support, including improved education, diagnosis, research, 
41  and treatment, and 
42         WHEREAS, the National Fibromyalgia Association is urging 
43  fibromyalgia patients and their supporters, health care 
44  providers, and the public to join its efforts on or around May 
45  12, 2010, to walk for a solution in their community or 
46  participate in an effort to bring awareness to the far-reaching 
47  effects of fibromyalgia, NOW, THEREFORE, 
48 
49  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 
50 
51         That May 12, 2010, is recognized as “Fibromyalgia Awareness 
52  Day” in Florida, and the Senate urges all Floridians to support 
53  the search for a cure and assist individuals and families in 
54  dealing with this disorder.