New Lyme Disease Testing Awareness Bill Proposed in Virginia State
Senate and House of Delegates
Lyme Disease Testing Information Disclosure Informs Virginia Residents of
Critical Information about Current Two-tier Elisa and Western Blot tests
(Richmond, VA) - A new bill, introduced in the Virginia State Senate by Senator Richard Black, 13th District and in the House of Delegates by Delegate Barbara Comstock, 34th District proposes to ensure that Virginia residents are adequately educated and informed of the limitations in the existing serologic tests used to detect Lyme disease.
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Request for Support from all of our Members to Contact VA Legislators
Please help us convince Legislators to co-sponsor each bill by contacting the two committees’ members first, then contact your own state Senator and Delegate. It is crucial to obtain as many co-sponsors as possible from each of these two committees, as they will make the decision to proceed with this bill.
STEP ONE
Here are links with the member names of the two committees. If you click on each name you will find the contact information for each member. Please email or phone each of these committee members.
Senate Education and Health Committee members
STEP TWO
Please email your state Senator and state House Delegate
Click here to find your VA Legislators
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