BILL ANALYSIS Ó ACR 175 Page 1 Date of Hearing: May 9, 2016 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES Gordon, Chair ACR 175 (Achadjian) - As Introduced April 27, 2016 SUBJECT: Viral Hepatitis Awareness Day SUMMARY: Proclaims May 19, 2016, 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. 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. 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. 4)The federal Center 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. ACR 175 Page 2 FISCAL EFFECT: None REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION: Support None on file Opposition None on file Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800