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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SCR 67
          Author:   Stone (R), et al.
          Introduced:5/22/15  
          Vote:     21 

           SUBJECT:   National Mental Health Awareness Month


          SOURCE:    Author


          DIGEST:  This resolution recognizes May 2015 as National Mental  
          Health Awareness Month to enhance public awareness of mental  
          illness.


          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:


          1)Mental illness is one of the leading causes of disabilities in  
            the United States, affecting one out of every four families  
            and victimizing both the person with the illness and those  
            persons who care for and love the person afflicted.


          2)57 million Americans have a mental disorder in any given year,  
            but fewer than 40 percent of adults living with a mental  
            illness, and slightly more than one-half of youth 8 to 15  
            years of age, inclusive, with a mental illness received mental  
            health services in the last year.


          3)Although mental illness impacts all people, many of those in  
            lower-income communities receive less care, poorer quality of  








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            care, and often lack access to culturally competent care,  
            thereby resulting in mental health disparities.


          4)Nearly two-thirds of all people with a diagnosable mental  
            illness do not receive mental health treatment due to stigma,  
            lack of community-based resources, inadequate diagnosis, or no  
            diagnosis.


          5)Access to mental health treatment and services is of paramount  
            importance.


          This resolution recognizes May 2015 as National Mental Health  
          Awareness Month in California to enhance public awareness of  
          mental illness.


          


          Prior/Related Legislation


          ACR 163 (Ridley-Thomas, Chapter 161, Statutes of 2014)  
          recognized July 2014 as Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority  
          Mental Health Awareness Month in California.


          HR 15 (Conway, 2013, Adopted by the Assembly) proclaimed May 9,  
          2013, "National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day" in the  
          State of California.


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


          SUPPORT:   (Verified6/5/15)










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          None received


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified6/5/15)


          None received

          Prepared by: Jonas Austin / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          6/5/15 9:41:36
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