BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
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24 (Chu)
As Introduced February 13, 2015
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes |
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|Rules |11-0 |Gordon, Chang, | |
| | |Burke, Campos, | |
| | |Cooley, Dodd, | |
| | |Jones, Mayes, | |
| | |Rodriguez, Waldron, | |
| | |Wood | |
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SUMMARY: Acknowledges the month of April 2015 as Child Abuse
Prevention Month and encourages the people of California to work
together to support youth-serving child abuse prevention
activities in their communities and schools during that month and
throughout the year. Specifically, this resolution makes the
following legislative findings:
1)Child abuse and neglect continue to pose serious threats to our
children, according to the United States Department of Health
and Human Services, 85 children in California died as a result
of child abuse and neglect in 2012.
2)Prevention of child abuse and neglect depends on the involvement
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of people throughout the community. Providing community-based
prevention services to families is less costly than addressing
the emotional and physical damage that can result from child
abuse and neglect, including the costs of protective services,
law enforcement, the judicial system, foster care, and the
treatment of adults recovering from abuse as children.
3)California's children deserve to grow up in a safe and nurturing
environment free from fear, abuse, and neglect. Victims of
child abuse, whether the abuse is physical, sexual, or
emotional, or any combination of these, should have access to a
safe place to live, appropriate medical care, and counseling or
mental health services.
4)In recent years, child abuse prevention groups have organized
Blue Ribbon Campaigns to increase public awareness and promote
ways to prevent child abuse and neglect. Pinwheels are
displayed to increase the awareness of child abuse and to focus
on the positive message of preventing child abuse and neglect by
supporting families and strengthening communities during Child
Abuse Prevention Month.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
Analysis Prepared by:
Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 FN: 0000053
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