Amended in Assembly August 1, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

House Resolution No. 43

Introduced by Assembly Member Beth Gaines

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Calderon, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, and Wood)

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March 14, 2016

House Resolution No. 43—Relative to type I diabetes awareness.

WHEREAS, Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects an
estimated 29.1 million Americans, or 9.3 percent of the population,
on a daily basis; and

WHEREAS, Approximately 3.8 million people in California
are living with diabetes, and it is estimated that over one million
Californians are undiagnosed; and

WHEREAS, Diabetes costs an estimated $37.1 billion in
California each year; and

WHEREAS, Type I diabetes accounts for $14.9 billion in health
care costs in the United States each year; and

WHEREAS, Type I diabetes, previously called juvenile-onset
diabetes, occurs when the body does not produce insulin, a
hormone that is necessary to convert sugar, or glucose, into energy;
and

WHEREAS, Type I diabetes is the third most common
autoimmune disease found among children; and

WHEREAS, Between 2001 and 2009 there was a 21-percent
increase in the prevalence of type I diabetes in people under 20
years of age; and

WHEREAS, Only 5 percent of diabetics have type I diabetes,
and it is typically diagnosed in children and young adults; and

WHEREAS, Early diagnosis of type I diabetes can help prevent
diabetic ketoacidosis, a potentially fatal condition that develops
from high blood glucose levels; and

WHEREAS, In 2009, among hospital discharges of children
and young people 0 to 17 years of age, about 74 percent had
diabetes as the first-listed diagnosis, and of these patients, 64
percent of the diagnoses were for diabetic ketoacidosis; and

WHEREAS, Education concerning type I diabetes is critical to
raising awareness and diagnosing and treating this condition
effectively; and

WHEREAS, With the help of insulin therapy and other
treatments, young children and adolescents can learn to manage
their condition and live long, healthy lives; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly encourages all health care practitioners with children
under their care to discuss the warning signs and symptoms of type
I diabetes with the parents or guardians of each child at least once
annually at well-child care visits from birth to 5 years of age; and
be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.