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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 194
          Author:   Low (D), et al.
          Amended:  8/15/16 in Assembly
          Vote:     21  

          ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  Read and adopted, 8/15/16

           SUBJECT:   Childhood Cancer Awareness Month


          SOURCE:    Author


          DIGEST:          This resolution proclaims the month of September 2016  
          as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and states the commitment  
          of the Legislature to support efforts to find cures for, and  
          achieve prevention of, childhood cancer.
          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:


          1)Cancer is a leading cause of death by disease among children  
            in this country; and many children in California are afflicted  
            with cancer, experiencing enormous pain and suffering, and  
            they and their families require extraordinary levels of  
            information and support in their struggles against the  
            disease.


          2)California has many of the world's finest medical, academic,  
            and commercial institutions, and must continue as a leader in  
            the fight against this terrible disease.


          3)Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is an important nationwide  








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            tool for raising awareness among governmental officials and  
            the public about the nature and scope of this problem.


          4)Increased public awareness of this major public health problem  
            is a crucial step toward finding solutions.


          This resolution proclaims the month of September 2016 as  
          Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and states the commitment of  
          the Legislature to support efforts to find cures for, and  
          achieve prevention of, childhood cancer.  


          Related/Prior Legislation


          SCR 81 (Hill, Resolution Chapter 149, Statutes of 2015)  
          proclaims the month of September 2015 as Childhood Cancer  
          Awareness Month, and states the commitment of the Legislature to  
          support efforts to find cures for, and achieve prevention of,  
          childhood cancer.


          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:NoLocal:    No


          SUPPORT:   (Verified  8/23/16)


          None received


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified  8/23/16)


          None received












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          Prepared by:  Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          8/23/16 11:06:42


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