Missouri Revised Statutes Title II. Sovereignty, Jurisdiction and Emblems § 9.288. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Awareness Day designated for April 18

April eighteenth of each year shall be known and designated as “Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Awareness Day”. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a critical congenital heart defect that forms during the pregnancy when portions of the left side of the baby's heart remain underdeveloped or too small. It is recommended to the people of this  1 state that the day be appropriately observed through activities that will increase awareness of hypoplastic left heart syndrome.