BILL NUMBER: ACR 80	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 18, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gallagher
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Nielsen)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chávez, Grove, Lackey,  and
Wilk   Wilk,   Achadjian,   Alejo,
  Travis Allen,   Atkins,   Baker, 
 Bigelow,   Bloom,   Bonilla,   Bonta,
  Brown,   Burke,   Calderon,  
Chang,   Chau,   Chiu,   Chu,  
Cooley,   Cooper,   Dababneh,   Dahle,
  Dodd,   Frazier,   Beth Gaines, 
 Gallagher,   Cristina Garcia,   Eduardo
Garcia,   Gatto,   Gipson,   Gomez, 
 Gonzalez,   Gordon,   Gray,   Harper,
  Holden,   Irwin,   Jones,  
Kim,   Levine,   Linder,   Lopez, 
 Low,   Maienschein,   Mathis,  
Mayes,   McCarty,   Medina,   Melendez,
  Mullin,   Nazarian,   O'Donnell, 
 Olsen,   Patterson,   Perea,   Quirk,
  Ridley-Thomas,   Rodriguez,   Salas,
  Santiago,   Mark Stone,   Ting, 
 Wagner,   Waldron,   Weber,  
Williams,   and Wood  )
   (Coauthors: Senators Anderson, Bates, Hall, and Leno)

                        MAY 27, 2015

   Relative to Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month and The Longest
Day.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 80, as amended, Gallagher. Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness
Month and The Longest Day.
   This measure would recognize June 2015 as Alzheimer's and Brain
Awareness Month, and June 21, 2015, as The Longest Day in California,
and would urge all residents to wear purple on this day to help
spread global awareness of the Alzheimer's Association's vision of
imagining a world without Alzheimer's disease.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, The month of June 2015 has been declared Alzheimer's and
Brain Awareness Month to help spread awareness of this debilitating
disease and the need to increase efforts to combat its devastating
symptoms; and
   WHEREAS, The summer solstice, June 21, 2015, has been declared The
Longest Day, with teams around the world coming together to honor
the strength, passion, and endurance of people facing Alzheimer's
disease with a day of activity; and
   WHEREAS, Alzheimer's disease, a progressive neurodegenerative
brain disorder, tragically robs individuals of their memories and
leads to mental and physical impairments; and
   WHEREAS, This condition has become the fifth leading cause of
death in California as numbers have increased by 169 percent since
2000; and
   WHEREAS, An estimated 5.1 million Americans 65 years of age and
older have Alzheimer's disease, and another 200,000 people under 65
years of age have younger-onset Alzheimer's disease; and
   WHEREAS, Deaths from other major causes have decreased
significantly, official records indicate that deaths from Alzheimer's
disease have increased significantly; and
   WHEREAS, In 2014, friends and family of people with Alzheimer's
disease and other dementias provided an estimated 17.9 billion hours
of unpaid care, a contribution to the nation valued at $217.7
billion; and
   WHEREAS, In 2015, the direct cost to American society of caring
for those with Alzheimer's disease will total an estimated $226
billion, with one-half of the costs borne by Medicare, and an
expected growth of $1.1 trillion by the year 2050; and
   WHEREAS, There is currently no way to prevent, cure, or even slow
down the progression of Alzheimer's disease; and
   WHEREAS, Researchers in California and around the world continue
their efforts to develop scientific breakthroughs that could one day
bring about a world without Alzheimer's disease; and
   WHEREAS, In recognition of the individuals, families, friends, and
caregivers dealing with Alzheimer's disease; and the researchers who
are seeking a cause or cure; and
   WHEREAS, In recognition of the efforts of the Alzheimer's
Association to raise funds and promote awareness to fight Alzheimer's
disease and other dementias, thereby improving the quality of human
life for people living with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
recognizes the month of June as Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness
Month, and recognizes June 21, 2015, as The Longest Day in California
and urges all residents to wear purple on this day to help spread
global awareness of the Alzheimer's Association's vision of imagining
a world without Alzheimer's disease; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.