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          Bill No:  ACR 72
          Author:   Huffman (D)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
          WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  72-0, 6/24/09 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Pain Awareness Month

           SOURCE  :     For Grace


           DIGEST  :    This resolution recognizes September 2009 as  
          Pain Awareness Month and call upon all Californians to  
          observe that month by learning how to improve the quality  
          of life of Californians suffering from pain.

           ANALYSIS  :    

          This resolution makes the following legislative findings:

          1. More than 75 million Americans live with chronic pain  
             caused by various diseases or disorders, and each year,  
             nearly 25 million Americans suffer with acute pain.

          2. Though medical knowledge and technology exist to relieve  
             or greatly ease pain, most pain is untreated,  
             undertreated, or improperly treated, and many health  
             care professionals are still unaware of how to  
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             effectively treat pain.

          3. People who suffer from chronic pain are often  
             stigmatized and marginalized and are often not informed  
             about the right to effective pain assessment and  
             management, and most people with pain, including those  
             at the end of life, get little or no relief.

          4. The California-based Partners for Understanding Pain is  
             a growing coalition of pain sufferers, physicians,  
             nurses, social workers, pharmacists, therapists, civic  
             leaders, nonprofit organizations, and health care  
             businesses whose mission is to improve the quality of  
             life for people in California experiencing pain.

          5. It is the collective mission of this movement to provide  
             practical information for people with pain, inform  
             health care professionals about pain management, and  
             serve as an advocate for people experiencing pain.

          This resolution recognizes September 2009 as Pain Awareness  
          Month and call upon all Californians to observe that month  
          by learning how to improve the quality of life of  
          Californians suffering from pain.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  7/7/09)

          For Grace (source)


          ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES:  Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill  
            Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,  
            Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Carter, Chesbro, Conway,  
            Cook, Coto, Davis, De Leon, DeVore, Duvall, Emmerson,  
            Evans, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines,  
            Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Hayashi,  
            Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight,  
            Krekorian, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Miller,  
            Monning, Nava, Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel  
            Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva,  
            Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson,  







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            Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, Bass
          NO VOTE RECORDED: C harles Calderon, De La Torre, Eng,  
            Fletcher, Harkey, Mendoza, Nestande, Vacancy


          CTW:do  7/8/09   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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