BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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SENATE THIRD READING
SCR 63 (Ed Hernandez)
As Introduced July 11, 2013
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :37-0
RULES 10-0
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|Ayes:|Gordon, Wilk, Bigelow, |
| |Brown, Donnelly, Hagman, |
| |Nazarian, V. |
| |Manuel Pérez, Quirk, |
| |Weber |
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SUMMARY : Proclaims the week of August 11 through August 17,
2013, as National Health Center Week and commends California's
community clinics and health centers for their valuable
contributions to the state, their communities, and the
populations they serve. Specifically, this resolution makes the
following legislative findings:
1)Community clinics and health care centers have been at the
core of the nation's health care safety net, serving anyone
and everyone who walks through their doors, regardless of
ability to pay, and they are the medical homes for more than
22 million needy and uninsured patients.
2)According to multiple government, academic, and private
studies, community clinics and health centers have been proven
to be the most cost-effective health care providers in the
field, saving nearly $24 billion annually by keeping patients
out of costlier health care settings, such as emergency rooms.
3)In California, more than five million low-income families,
children, seniors, women, non-English speakers, people of
color, and homeless individuals currently receive
comprehensive primary care services at more than 900 community
clinics and health centers throughout the state.
4)California's and the nation's community clinics and health
centers deserve to be recognized and acknowledge for their
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valuable services to their communities and the state, their
cost-effective delivery of primary health care services to the
most vulnerable populations, and their leadership working for
fair and equitable health care reform.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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