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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 46
Author: Achadjian (R)
Amended: 5/13/13 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted 5/6/13
SUBJECT : Viral Hepatitis Awareness Day
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution Proclaims May 19, 2013, as Viral
Hepatitis Awareness Day in California.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
Hepatitis C is the most prevalent bloodborne disease in the
United States and in California.
Liver cancer and liver disease related to hepatitis B and C are
two of the leading killers in California; the majority of those
Californians with hepatitis B and C infection do not know they
are infected, and are therefore, at high risk of severe liver
disease, liver cancer, or liver failure.
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.
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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.
Hepatitis awareness education campaigns and accessible screening
for hepatitis B and C, along with appropriate treatment, can
reduce the damage from hepatitis B and C viral infection to
individuals and to our community, financially, as well as
physically and emotionally.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released
updated guidelines calling for everyone born between 1945 and
1965 to receive a one-time hepatitis C test, which would save
over 100,000 lives.
This resolution proclaims May 19, 2013, as Viral Hepatitis
Awareness Day in California.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
JL:ej 5/21/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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