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          Date of Hearing:   June 17, 2013

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                   SCR 18 (Liu) - As Introduced:  February 28, 2013

           SENATE VOTE :   31-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   Pain Awareness Month and Women In Pain Awareness Day.

           SUMMARY  :   Recognizes September 2013 as Pain Awareness Month and  
          September 13, 2013 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  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800