BILL NUMBER: SCR 109	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Stone

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2016

   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.