CFIDS BILL BECOMES LAW

Connecticut CFIDS Bill Passed by Legislature; Signed Into Law By Governor.
On June 28th, 1993, Governor P. Lowell Weicker, Jr. signed a bill into law
which will shed light on an increasing medical problem in this state and
across the country.

The law directs the Connecticut Department of Health Services to implement,
using existing structures, state wide informational outreach programs.
They include medical, patient and public education of Chronic Fatigue and
Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS).

State Representative Melody Currey (Democrat from East Hartford) was the
sponsor of this historic legislation. "I am not aware of another law quite
like this one," she said. "Rhode Island and Nevada considered more general
CFIDS proclamation bills in their state houses this session," explained
Currey. "There is a tremendous amount of medical information available
about CFIDS," said Maggie McKenzie, President of the Connecticut CFIDS
Association, during the signing ceremony.

The legislation represents a first step in changing this situation, and the
Association and all of the patients with CFIDS (PWC's) are grateful to
Representative Melody Currey for her vision regarding the scope of this
problem, and her compassion for those who are ill with CFIDS."