HB 1168- "Present Form"
From: "NatCapLyme" <natcaplyme@natcaplyme.org>
Date: March 14, 2012 6:44:03 PM EDT
To: XXXX
Subject: Support Maryland Bill HB 1168 Lyme Disease Awareness Bill
The National Capital Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Association
Support Maryland Bill HB 1168
Lyme Disease Awareness Month
The Maryland House of Delegates convened in January 2012 and a Lyme Disease Awareness Bill was introduced by Delegate Susan Lee and co-sponsored by Delegate Pena-Melnyck
NatCapLyme supports HB1168 as it will permanently designate May of 2012, and all succeeding years, as:
Lyme Disease Awareness Month in Maryland
HB1168 will benefit the citizens of Maryland by officially recognizing the problem of Lyme and Tick-borne diseases, encourage Marylanders to learn about these diseases, treat them seriously, take aggressive prevention measures and seek early treatment.
Your Active Support is Needed Now; Here's the Why and the How!
Because there are many commemorative requests in every legislative session, we need to bring Lyme to the top of your legislator's agenda. Unlike most other diseases, awareness can be an effective preventative.
- Your delegate needs to hear from you. Send them a message that it's important to you as their constituent that HB 1168 must pass in its present form.
- Use the following links to find your delegate by name or by district. Also, you may find this interactive map a great tool to find your district from your street address or by clicking your area, following the 2012 redistricting plan.
- We want to thank all those committed and courageous patients who testified March 6th on HB1168. You can watch an abbreviated version of the Lyme bill hearing at this link:Maryland Hearing on HB1168
- Finally, please let delegate Susan Lee know that you appreciate her work for you on Lyme disease in Maryland. Here is her e-mail address. Susan.Lee@house.state.md.us
- Your participation and support is vitally important! Please let us know of your legislative contacts by e-mailing a copy or a report to NatCapLyme. E-Mail NatCapLyme
Thank you for your help to combat Lyme in the Mid-Atlantic!
