BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
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172 (Hadley)
As Introduced April 18, 2016
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|Rules |11-0 |Gordon, Chang, | |
| | |Arambula, Brough, | |
| | |Cooley, Gomez, | |
| | |Holden, Jones, Quirk, | |
| | |Rodriguez, Waldron | |
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SUMMARY: Designates the month of May 2016 as Bone Marrow
Donation Awareness Month. Specifically, this resolution makes
the following legislative findings:
1)There is a need to enhance the understanding of the importance
of bone marrow donation and to encourage Californians to
participate in bone marrow donation drives; and, the bone
marrow registration process is simple, only taking a few
minutes and requiring a cheek swab.
2)The most prevalent problem with respect to bone marrow
donation is the need for racially and ethnically diverse
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donors because of complex tissue types.
3)Of the more than 13.5 million potential donors on the United
States' Be The Match Registry, 40% are donors from racially
and ethnically diverse backgrounds.
4)The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) operates the Be The
Match Registry, the world's largest and most diverse registry
of potential bone morrow donors; and, since its inception in
1987, the NMDP has facilitated more than 74,000 marrow and
cord blood transplants.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
Analysis Prepared by:
Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 FN:
0002819