Washington, D.C. – Earlier this month, U.S. Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) reintroduced Ellie’s Law, a bipartisan bill to increase federal funding for research of prevention and detection of brain aneurysms.

“As an advocate for better brain health outcomes, I’m proud to support Ellie’s Law. No family should have to go through the heartbreak or financial burden from a disease we have the power to prevent,” said Senator Markwayne Mullin. “We have to continue pushing for real progress in brain aneurysm research, and I’m committed to working with my colleagues in the Senate to make sure that critical funding moves forward.”

Senator Mullin met with Ellie’s family in Washington, D.C. and discussed the importance of this bill and Ellie’s beautiful life.

Full text of the ‘‘Ellie Helton, Lisa Colagrossi, Kristen Shafer Englert, Teresa Anne Lawrence, and Jennifer Sedney Focused Research Act’’ or ‘‘Ellie’s Law’’ can be found here.

Background:

• An estimated six million people in the U.S., or one in 50 people, have an unruptured brain aneurysm.
• Each year, an estimated 30,000 people in the U.S. suffer a brain aneurysm rupture, 40 percent of which are fatal.
• Brain aneurysms are most prevalent in people ages 35-50 but can occur in children.

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