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          Bill No:  SCR 73
          Author:   DeSaulnier (D)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
          WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE


           SUBJECT  :    California Task Force on Youth and Workplace  
          Wellness

           SOURCE  :     California Task Force on Youth and Workplace  
          Wellness


           DIGEST  :    This resolution continues the existence and set  
          forth the membership of the California Task Force on Youth  
          and Workplace Wellness, to perform duties to promote  
          fitness and health in schools and workplaces.  It permits  
          the task force to accept private funds and in-kind  
          donations, require the task force to submit a report on its  
          work to the Legislature on or before June 30, 2012, and  
          provides that the task force would cease to exist on July  
          1, 2014, unless its existence is extended by a later  
          enacted resolution.

           ANALYSIS  :    Resolution findings:

          1. The State of California is currently facing a growing  
             obesity crisis in which 58.8 percent of all adults are  
             overweight and 78 percent of children in grades 5, 7,  
             and 9 did not pass a physical performance test known as  
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             the Fitnessgram.

          2. Healthy workplace and school environments can greatly  
             enhance the quality of life for California workers,  
             children and their families, increase morale, prevent  
             illness, and enhance productivity of California  
             businesses and students.

          3. Corporate America traditionally overlooks the importance  
             of employee well-being in relation to the work  
             environment.

          4. California's schools often present a model of eating and  
             activity that is incongruent with the healthy habits  
             encouraged in health, nutrition, and physical education.

          5. Californians' obesity and overweight rates are leading  
             to an epidemic of Type II Diabetes (formerly known as  
             Adult Onset Diabetes) among children and adults, with  
             projections that one in three children born in 2006 will  
             contract the disease.

          6. The current rates of overweight, inactivity, obesity,  
             and diabetes are costing California over 41 billion  
             dollars each year in health costs and lost productivity.

          7. A legislative task force is necessary to provide a  
             framework and support to help California companies  
             enhance employee wellness programs as a long-term health  
             solution.

          8. A legislative task force is necessary to provide a  
             framework and support to California's schools in order  
             to create healthier education environments.

          9. The California Task Force on Youth and Workplace  
             Wellness was established in the 2001-02 Regular Session  
             of the Legislature by SCR 40 and SCR 99, and continued  
             in the 2005-06 Regular Session of the Legislature by SCR  
             73, to promote fitness and health in the Legislature,  
             schools, and workplaces.

          10.The California Task Force on Youth and Workplace  
             Wellness has successfully elevated the profile of  

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             fitness in the California Legislature, in schools and  
             workplaces statewide, and has developed projects such as  
             the Physical Education Research for Kids project and the  
             California Fit Business Award to continue encouraging  
             healthy eating and activity environments for all  
             Californians.

          Furthermore, this resolution states that the task force  
          shall be comprised of Members of the Legislature and  
          experts as follows:

          1. The task force shall have 20 voting members, with  
             additional advisory members and alternates as requested  
             or needed.

          2. The Speaker of the Assembly shall appoint two Members  
             from the Assembly, and the Senate Committee on Rules  
             shall appoint two Members from the Senate. Additionally,  
             both the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate  
             Committee on Rules shall each appoint alternate members  
             from the Assembly and from the Senate.

          3. Additionally, both the Speaker of the Assembly and the  
             Senate Committee on Rules shall each appoint members,  
             from each of the following categories:

                  A.        Two members from the field of education.
                  B.        Two members from the field of industry or  
                    business.
                  C.        Two members from the field of health.
                  D.        One member from the field of fitness.

          4. That two "youth representatives" and two alternates  
             between the ages of 15 and 19 shall be appointed the  
             foregoing members of the task force and approved by the  
             task force chair, for one-year terms, concurrent with  
             the academic school year.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  3/23/10)

          California Task Force on Youth and Workplace Wellness  
          (source) 

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          CTW:nl  3/23/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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