BILL NUMBER: ACR 190	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 23, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Waldron and Gipson
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Achadjian,   Alejo,   Arambula,  
Atkins,   Baker,   Bigelow,   Bloom, 
 Bonilla,  Bonta,   Brown,   Burke,
  Calderon,   Campos,   Chang,  
Chau,   Ch�vez,   Chiu,   Chu,  
Cooley,   Cooper,   Dababneh,   Dahle,
  Daly,   Dodd,   Eggman,  
Frazier,   Beth Gaines,   Gallagher,  
Gatto,   Gomez,   Gonzalez,   Gray,
 Grove,   Hadley,   Harper,   Holden,
  Irwin,   Jones,   Jones-Sawyer, 
 Kim,   Lackey,   Levine,   Linder,
  Lopez,   Low,   Maienschein,  
Mathis,   Mayes,   McCarty,   Medina,
  Melendez,   Mullin,   Nazarian, 
 Obernolte,   Olsen,   Patterson,  
Quirk,   Rendon,   Ridley-Thomas,  
Rodriguez,   Salas,   Santiago,  
Steinorth,   Mark Stone,   Thurmond,  
Ting,   Wagner,   Weber,   Wilk, 
 Williams,   and Wood   ) 

                        MAY 26, 2016

   Relative to HIV Testing Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 190, as amended, Waldron. HIV Testing Day.
   This measure would proclaim June 27, 2016, as HIV Testing Day in
California and would encourage Californians to learn their HIV
status.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, In 2014, the State Department of Public Health reported
5,551 new HIV diagnoses in California; and
   WHEREAS, As of June 30, 2014, the cumulative number of
HIV-positive cases in California reached 50,955, and the cumulative
number of HIV/AIDS cases reached 169,588; and
   WHEREAS, As of June 30, 2014, Whites represented 50.4 percent of
all cumulative HIV-positive and HIV/AIDS cases in California,
Hispanics represented 27.2 percent, Blacks represented 17.7 percent,
and Asians/Pacific Islanders represented 3 percent; and
   WHEREAS, From 2009 to 2014, inclusive, the proportion of Latinos
and Asians/Pacific Islanders in California who made up new HIV
diagnoses increased; and
   WHEREAS, In California, African Americans are disproportionately
represented among those diagnosed with HIV; and
   WHEREAS, In 2014, five states, including California, made up
almost half of all new HIV diagnoses in the United States; and
   WHEREAS, More than 1.2 million people in the United States are
living with an HIV infection, and that number grows by almost 50,000
each year; and
   WHEREAS, One in seven people with HIV do not know that they are
infected, and three in 10 new HIV infections in the United States are
transmitted by people who do not know that they are infected; and
   WHEREAS, More than 90 percent of new HIV infections in the United
States could be prevented by testing and diagnosing people who have
HIV and ensuring that they receive prompt and ongoing care and
treatment; and
   WHEREAS, National HIV Testing Day is held on June 27, 2016, and
should serve as an opportunity to raise awareness about the
importance of HIV testing and early diagnosis of HIV; now, therefore
be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the importance of
getting tested for HIV; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature proclaims June 27, 2016, as HIV
Testing Day in California and encourages Californians to get the
facts and to learn their HIV status; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.