Senator Bucco Sponsors Two Bills That Clear Senate Committees

November 22, 2011

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Senator Anthony R. Bucco

Senator Bucco Sponsors Two Bills That Clear Senate Committees

“Emma’s Law” & Displaced Homemakers Awareness Month Move Forward

Two bills sponsored by Senate Republican Budget Officer Anthony Bucco moved forward Monday. S-1999, “Emma’s Law” which provides for the screening of newborns for lysosomal storage disorders and SJR- 76, which designates May as Displaced Homemakers Awareness Month, were both released from the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee and are now before the full Senate.

“I am pleased that these two important measures moved,” Bucco began. “I hope that my colleagues in both houses will pass these two initiatives and bring them before Governor Christie by the end of the year.”

A lysosomal storage disorder is a group of approximately 50 rare inherited metabolic disorders that result from defects in lysosomal function. Lysosomal storage diseases result when cells break that down and store waste malfunction. There is no cure for the disease.

“The early diagnosis of this condition will help parents and health providers to treat the symptoms of this disease and in some cases save lives,” Bucco continued.

Displaced Homemakers Awareness Month helps alert the public to the unique issues facing women who have primarily worked in the home for many years, but have lost their primary source of income due to the death, separation, divorce, or disability of a spouse. These women are transitioning into a new role as the financial head of the household, all while overcoming devastating personal trauma.

“Raising awareness about displaced homemakers will help the women who have lost their primary source of income gain the skills and confidence they need to reenter and succeed in the modern workplace,” Bucco concluded.