HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 917        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2974

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_______________

In the Year Two Thousand Nine

_______________

An Act designating September as hydrocephalus awareness month.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 6 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding after section 15DDDDD the following section:—

Section 15EEEEE.  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of September as Hydrocephalus Awareness Month, in recognition of the lifelong struggles people diagnosed with hydrocephalus face, and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.