BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: September 1, 2011
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Nancy Skinner, Chair
SCR 54 (Alquist) - As Introduced: August 15, 2011
SENATE VOTE : 38-0
SUBJECT : Pain Awareness Month and Women In Pain Awareness Day.
SUMMARY : Recognizes the month of September 2011 as Pain
Awareness Month,; calls upon Californians to observe the month
by participating in appropriate ceremonies and activities, and
by learning to improve the quality of life for people suffering
from pain; and recognizes September 16, 2011, as Women In Pain
Awareness Day to draw attention to gender disparity in pain
assessment and treatment in the United States. Specifically,
this resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1)More than 75 million Americans live with chronic pain caused
by various diseases or disorders; and, though medical
knowledge and technology exist to relieve or greatly ease
pain, most pain is untreated, undertreated or improperly
treated.
2)Women have a higher prevalence than men of chronic pain
syndromes and diseases associated with chronic pain; yet,
women's pain reports are more likely to be discounted as
emotional or psychogenic and, therefore, not real.
3)It is the collective mission of the California-based Partners
for Understanding Pain to provide practical information for
people with pain, inform health care professionals about pain
management, and serve as an advocate for people experiencing
pain.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file.
Opposition
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None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800