BILL NUMBER: SR 63	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Roth

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   Relative to Type 1 diabetes awareness.


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   WHEREAS, Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects an estimated
29.1 million Americans, or 9.3 percent of the population, on a daily
basis; and
   WHEREAS, Approximately 3.8 million people in California are living
with diabetes, and it is estimated that over one million
Californians are undiagnosed; and
   WHEREAS, Diabetes costs an estimated $37.1 billion in California
each year; and
   WHEREAS, Type 1 diabetes accounts for $14.9 billion in health care
costs in the United States each year; and
   WHEREAS, Type 1 diabetes, previously called juvenile-onset
diabetes, occurs when the body does not produce insulin, a hormone
that is necessary to convert sugar, or glucose, into energy; and
   WHEREAS, Type 1 diabetes is the third most common auto-immune
disease found among children; and
   WHEREAS, Between 2001 and 2009 there was a 21-percent increase in
the prevalence of Type 1 diabetes in people under 20 years of age;
and
   WHEREAS, Only 5 percent of diabetics have Type 1 diabetes, and it
is typically diagnosed in children and young adults; and
   WHEREAS, Early diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes can help prevent
diabetic ketoacidosis, a potentially fatal condition that develops
from high blood glucose levels; and
   WHEREAS, In 2009, among hospital discharges of children and young
people 0 to 17 years of age, about 74 percent had diabetes as the
first-listed diagnosis, and of these patients, 64 percent of the
diagnoses were for diabetic ketoacidosis; and
   WHEREAS, Education concerning Type 1 diabetes is critical to
raising awareness and diagnosing and treating this condition
effectively; and
   WHEREAS, With the help of insulin therapy and other treatments,
young children and adolescents can learn to manage their condition
and live long, healthy lives; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That the Senate
encourages all health care practitioners with children under their
care to discuss the warning signs and symptoms of Type 1 diabetes
with the parents or guardians of each child at least once annually at
well-child care visits from birth to 5 years of age; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.