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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SR 48
          Author:   Mendoza (D) and Hill (D)
          Introduced:8/31/15  
          Vote:     Majority 

           SUBJECT:   Massage Therapy Awareness Week


          SOURCE:    Author


          DIGEST:          This resolution proclaims the week of October 25,  
          2015, to October 31, 2015, inclusive, as Massage Therapy  
          Awareness Week in California.
          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:


          1)Massage therapy is beneficial to overall health and is  
            increasingly part of integrated health care.


          2)A growing body of clinical research shows that massage therapy  
            is beneficial for a wide variety of health issues, including  
            stress, high blood pressure, fibromyalgia, arthritis, back  
            pain, muscle injury and soreness, headaches, and maintaining  
            good health.


          3)In order to ensure patient and public safety, California  
            regulates the massage therapy profession, and certified  
            massage therapists must comply with various legal requirements  
            in order to practice, including completing a certain minimum  
            number of hours of initial training and passing an  
            examination.








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          This resolution proclaims the week of October 25, 2015, to  
          October 31, 2015, inclusive, as Massage Therapy Awareness Week  
          in California.


          Prior Legislation


          SCR 135 (Evans, Resolution Chapter 149, Statutes of 2014)  
          proclaimed the week of October 19, 2014, to October 25, 2014,  
          inclusive, as National Massage Therapy Awareness Week in  
          California.


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


          SUPPORT:   (Unable to verify at time of writing)


          None received


          OPPOSITION:   (Unable to verify at time of writing)


          None received
           
           
          Prepared by: Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          9/1/15 20:42:48


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