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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 36
Author: Blakeslee (R)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : Viral Hepatitis Awareness Day
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution declares May 19, 2011, to be
Viral Hepatitis Awareness Day in California.
ANALYSIS : Resolution findings:
1. Liver cancer and liver disease related to hepatitis B
and hepatitis C are among the leading killers in
California.
2. Hepatitis C is the most prevalent bloodborne disease
in the United States and in California.
3. Early detection of hepatitis B or hepatitis C
infection promotes effective management or treatment of
these infections, preventing disability, loss of
productivity and income, and allows persons to live
full, satisfying, and productive lives.
4. Undetected and untreated hepatitis B or hepatitis C
infection can lead to disability or death.
5. The majority of the estimated half million California
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residents with chronic hepatitis C infection do not
know they are infected, and are therefore at high risk
of severe liver disease, liver cancer, or liver
failure.
6. The majority of the estimated 125,000 California
residents with hepatitis B infection do not know that
they are infected, and are therefore at high risk of
severe liver disease, liver cancer, or liver failure.
7. Untreated hepatitis B and hepatitis C leading causes
of liver failure requiring a liver transplant.
8. There is a vaccine for the prevention of hepatitis B,
the first proven, low-cost vaccination against any form
of cancer made available to Americans.
9. The cost of hospitalizations for liver cancer and
liver disease reached $2 billion in California in 2007,
mostly paid for by tax-supported public health
insurers.
10. Hepatitis awareness education campaigns and
accessible screening for hepatitis B and hepatitis C,
along with appropriate treatment, can reduce the damage
from hepatitis B and hepatitis C viral infection to
individuals and to our community, financially as well
as physically and emotionally.
This resolution declares May 19, 2011, to be Viral
Hepatitis Awareness Day in California.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/11/11)
California Hepatitis Alliance
Center for Health Improvement
Asian Liver Center at Stanford University, Palo Alto
California Hepatitis Alliance, Sacramento
Center for Health Improvement, Sacramento
Community Health Partnership, Santa Clara and San Mateo
Counties
C.O.R.E. Medical Clinic, Inc., Sacramento
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Harm Reduction Coalition, Oakland
Hep B Free: Santa Clara County
HepCmeditations Project, San Francisco
HIV/AIDS Care and Advocacy Consortium of San Luis Obispo
County
Local Area Support for Hepatitis, Inc., Redding
National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable, Rohnert Park
Pacific Pride Foundation, Santa Barbara
Project Inform, San Francisco
San Francisco Hep B Free
San Luis Obispo County AIDS Support Network
SLO Bangers Syringe Exchange, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo Health Agency
San Luis Obispo County Hepatitis C Project
Sierra HOPE, Angels Camp, CA
Southeast Asian Assistance Center, Sacramento
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, MA and La
Jolla, CA
Yvonne Frazier Consulting, San Francisco
San Luis Obispo AIDS Support Network
San Luis Obispo Hepatitis C Project
CTW:nl 5/11/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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