BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
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175 (Achadjian and Gipson)
As Introduced April 27, 2016
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|Rules |10-0 |Gordon, Chang, | |
| | |Arambula, Cooley, | |
| | |Gomez, Holden, Jones, | |
| | |Quirk, Rodriguez, | |
| | |Waldron | |
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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
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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.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
Analysis Prepared by:
Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 FN:
0002954