BILL NUMBER: ACR 68	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 16, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 7, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Steinorth
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Vidak)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chang, Chávez, Dahle, Eduardo Garcia,
Lackey, Lopez, Maienschein, Olsen, Rodriguez,  and Wilk
  Wilk,   Achadjian,   Alejo, 
 Travis Allen,   Atkins,   Baker,  
Bigelow,   Bloom,   Bonilla,   Bonta,
  Brough,   Brown,   Calderon,  
Campos,   Chau,   Chiu,   Cooley, 
 Cooper,   Dababneh,   Daly,  Dodd,
  Frazier,   Beth Gaines,   Gallagher,
  Cristina Garcia,   Gatto,   Gipson,
  Gomez,   Gonzalez,   Gray,  
Grove,   Hadley,   Harper,   Roger
Hernández,   Holden,   Irwin,   Jones,
  Jones-Sawyer,   Kim,   Lackey, 
 Levine,   Linder,   Low,   Mayes,
  McCarty,   Medina,   Melendez, 
 Mullin,   Obernolte,  O'Donnell,  
Patterson,   Perea,   Quirk,   Salas,
  Mark Stone,   Thurmond,   Ting, 
 Wagner,   Waldron,   Weber,  
Williams,   and Wood  )
   (Coauthors: Senators Allen, Anderson, Bates, Hall, Huff, Moorlach,
Morrell, Nielsen, and Wieckowski)

                        MAY 11, 2015

   Relative to Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 68, as amended, Steinorth. Breast Cancer Awareness and
Prevention Month.
   This measure would proclaim the month of October 2015 as "Breast
Cancer Awareness and Prevention Month."
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, According to the American Cancer Society, with the
exception of skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly
diagnosed cancer among American women; and
   WHEREAS, Breast cancer is second only to lung cancer as the
leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women; and
   WHEREAS, Approximately 24,985 women and 200 men are diagnosed with
breast cancer in California each year, and approximately 4,280 women
and 35 men die of the disease; and
   WHEREAS, The number of women who die of breast cancer each year in
California constitutes one-tenth of the number of women who die of
breast cancer in the United States; and
   WHEREAS, The chance of a woman having invasive breast cancer in
her lifetime is about 1 in 8, and the chance of dying from breast
cancer is about 1 in 36; and
   WHEREAS, The risk of getting breast cancer increases with age; and

   WHEREAS, Earlier detection of breast cancer through mammography
and self-examination increases chances of successful treatment; and
   WHEREAS, With early detection and proper treatment, the five-year
relative survival rate for breast cancer has increased from 72
percent in the 1940s to 89.2 percent today. However, once the cancer
spreads beyond the breast, the survival rate drops to a mere 25
percent even with modern treatments and technologies; and
   WHEREAS, The United States Preventive Services Task Force
recommends that women between 50 and 74 years of age should have a
breast examination by a health expert every two years; and
   WHEREAS, Mammography is the single most effective method of
detecting breast changes that may be cancer, long before physical
symptoms, detectable lumps, or abnormalities can be felt; and
   WHEREAS, It is in the best interest of all Californians to join
this continuing battle against breast cancer by promoting greater
awareness of the need for early detection, appropriate treatment, and
the importance of finding a cure, as well as a means of prevention;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the month of October 2015 is hereby declared
"Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention Month" in California; and be
it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.