00                            SENATE BILL NO. 127                                                                         
01 "An Act establishing September 9 each year as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders                                          
02 Awareness Day."                                                                                                         
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 44.12 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
05            Sec. 44.12.074. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day. Fetal                                      
06       Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day is established on September 9 of each                                    
07       year to promote awareness of the fact that there is no known safe level of alcohol                                
08       consumption during pregnancy, to promote awareness of the effects of prenatal                                     
09       exposure to alcohol, to increase identification of children with fetal alcohol spectrum                           
10       disorders, and to improve the lives of those affected by fetal alcohol spectrum                                   
11       disorders.