As Reported by the House Health Committee

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

Sub. S. B. No. 96

Senator Hughes 

Cosponsors: Senators Patton, Seitz, Miller, D., Wagoner, Morano, Gibbs, Strahorn, Schiavoni, Goodman, Gillmor, Schuring, Cafaro, Carey, Cates, Faber, Fedor, Grendell, Husted, Kearney, Sawyer, Schaffer, Smith, Turner, Widener, Wilson, Harris, Miller, R., Stewart, Jones 

Representatives Balderson, Burke, Combs, Goodwin, Mecklenborg 

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A BILL

To enact section 5.2266 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 5.2266 of the Revised Code be enacted	3
to read as follows:	4

Sec. 5.2266.  The month of May is designated as "ALS	5
Awareness Month" to increase public awareness and understanding of	6
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease that is commonly	7
known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and to encourage efforts in finding	8
treatments and a cure for ALS.	9

Section 2. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a	10
neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain	11
and spinal cord causing progressive muscle weakness and paralysis,	12
and eventually death, while the patient's mental capacity and	13
awareness of the disease remain unaffected. Because there is no	14
known cause, prevention, or cure for this devastating disease, the	15
General Assembly finds that it is vitally important that the month	16
of May be designated as "ALS Awareness Month."	17