BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
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57 (Achadjian)
As Introduced April 20, 2015
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes |
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|Rules |8-0 |Gordon, Chang, | |
| | |Burke, Dodd, Jones, | |
| | |Mayes, Waldron, | |
| | |Wood | |
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SUMMARY: Proclaims May 19, 2015, as Viral Hepatitis Awareness Day
in California. Specifically, this resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1)Hepatitis C is the most prevalent blood-borne disease in the
United States and liver cancer and liver disease related to
hepatitis B and C are two of the leading killers in California.
2)Liver cancer and liver disease related to hepatitis B and C are
two of the leading killers in California; and 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.
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3)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.
4)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.
Analysis Prepared by:
Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 FN: 0000318