Senate Resolution 12 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                      BY  DANIELSON
  1  3 A Resolution urging recognition of multiple chemical
  1  4    sensitivity and environmental sensitivity as a
  1  5    disability under the federal Americans With
  1  6    Disabilities Act.
  1  7    WHEREAS, many persons have developed a chronic
  1  8 condition, multiple chemical sensitivity, in response
  1  9 to exposure to toxic chemicals and other pollutants;
  1 10 and
  1 11    WHEREAS, many people have developed a similar
  1 12 condition, electrical sensitivity, in response to
  1 13 exposure to electromagnetic fields; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, both electrical sensitivity and multiple
  1 15 chemical sensitivity can cause major health,
  1 16 financial, employment, housing, and social
  1 17 consequences for people with these conditions; and
  1 18    WHEREAS, both electrical sensitivity and multiple
  1 19 chemical sensitivity should be considered a disability
  1 20 under the federal Americans With Disabilities Act to
  1 21 ensure that reasonable accommodations for people with
  1 22 these sensitivities can be made to enhance their
  1 23 ability to be contributing members of society; NOW
  1 24 THEREFORE,
  1 25    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate urges
  1 26 recognition of electrical and multiple chemical
  1 27 sensitivity as disabilities under the federal
  1 28 Americans With Disabilities Act; and
  1 29    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
  1 30 Resolution be sent to the members of Iowa's
  2  1 congressional delegation.
  2  2 LSB 1925SS 82
  2  3 ec:nh/cf/24