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Massachusetts Senate designates June 7 as Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day
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The Massachusetts Senate passed An Act designating June 7 as Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day (Senate No. 2152) after remarks from Senator Friedman highlighting a constituent’s advocacy and citing prevalence data from the CDC and the Tourette Association of America.
The Massachusetts Senate on a voice vote passed An Act designating June 7 as Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day (Senate No. 2152), advancing the bill to be engrossed and sent to the governor for approval.
Senator Friedman, the senator from Fourth Middlesex, told colleagues the bill was prompted by a Lexington constituent, 16-year-old Owen Rosenthal, and said the designation aims to draw attention to Tourette Syndrome and related tic disorders. “The…
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