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          Date of Hearing:   August 6, 2012

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                      SCR 65 (Liu) - As Amended:  August 6, 2012

           SENATE VOTE  :   35-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   Pain Awareness Month and Women in Pain Awareness Day.

           SUMMARY  :   Recognizes September 2012 as Pain Awareness Month and 
          September 14, 2012 as Women in Pain Awareness Day, calls upon 
          Californians to learn how to improve the quality of life of 
          those suffering from pain, and draws attention to the gender 
          disparity in pain assessment and treatment in the United States. 
           Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following legislative 
          findings:

          1)More than 100 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