Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 109

Introduced by Senator Stone

February 12, 2016

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 109—Relative to California Pharmacists Outreach Week.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SCR 109, as introduced, Stone. California Pharmacists Outreach Week.

This measure would declare February 12 through February 21, 2016, inclusive, as California Pharmacists Outreach Week.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, The California Pharmacists Association-Academy
of Student Pharmacists (CPhA-ASP) have coordinated “California
Pharmacists Outreach Week,” a statewide initiative to directly
impact the community at large; and

WHEREAS, This is the first joint initiative amongst student
pharmacists to move health care outreach beyond the single
community level; and

WHEREAS, Collectively, 11 schools and colleges of pharmacy
have combined forces to be one voice for the pharmacy profession;
and

WHEREAS, The schools involved are California Health
Sciences University (CHSU), California Northstate University
(CNU), Keck Graduate Institute (KGI), Loma Linda University
(LLU), Touro University (TU), University of California - San
Diego (UCSD), University of California - San Francisco (UCSF),
University of the Pacific (UOP), University of Southern California
(USC), West Coast University (WCU), and Western University
of Health Sciences (WesternU); and

WHEREAS, Starting February 12, 2016, student pharmacists
across the state will reach out and directly serve the community
with an emphasis on preventative care through various events,
including, but not limited to, health fairs, blood drives, and poison
prevention presentations; and

WHEREAS, These events will address various health concerns
including hypertension, diabetic care, high cholesterol, smoking
cessation, immunizations, reproductive health, and many more;
and

WHEREAS, Preventative care tips will be distributed daily for
student pharmacists to share with their colleagues and community;
and

WHEREAS, CPhA-ASP’s outreach week is another example
of how pharmacists will play a crucial role in health care advocacy
in the coming years; and

WHEREAS, CPhA-ASP plans to develop this outreach week
into an annual event moving forward; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby declares February
12 through February 21, 2016, inclusive, as California Pharmacists
Outreach Week; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.