California Health and Safety Code

§ 125225

HSC § 125225 Effective Jan 1, 1996Div. 106 · Part 5 · Ch. 2 · Art. 3

Statute text

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:

(a)Huntington’s disease is a chronic progressive inherited disorder of the central nervous system.

(b)The constellation of mental and physical symptoms, the insidious onset of the disorder, and the torment of those at-risk, waiting throughout their lives to learn if they have been spared, conspire to make “Huntington’s disease one of the most diabolical diseases known to man.” Each child of a patient with Huntington’s disease has a 50/50 chance of getting the disease.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.