BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SCR 73| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ THIRD READING 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 CONTINUED SCR 73 Page 2 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 SCR 73 Page 3 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 3/24/10) California Task Force on Youth and Workplace Wellness (source) SCR 73 Page 4 American Licorice Company Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud and Romo - Attorneys at Law California Food Policy Advocates California Park and Recreation Society Catherine Rudat's Wellness Corporation City of Thousand Oaks Employee Wellness Program Club One Fitness Cosumnes River Elementary School Dairy Council of California DES Architects and Engineers Edwards Lifesciences Corporations Grundfos Pumps Manufacturing Corporation Hill Physicians Jenkins Insurance Group Mercy Healthcare, Sacramento Presidio Benefits Group Prevention Institute Silicon Valley Leadership Group The Dental Health Foundation The FruitGuys CTW:nl 3/24/10 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****