BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 21, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Gordon, Chair
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110 (Mendoza) - As Introduced February 16, 2016
SENATE VOTE: 32-0
SUBJECT: Brain Injury Awareness, Treatment, and Prevention
Month
SUMMARY: Designates the month of March 2016 and each year
thereafter as Brain Injury Awareness, Treatment, and Prevention
Month. Specifically, this resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1)Each year 2.5 million Americans sustain traumatic brain
injuries and 250,000 of those sustaining these injuries live
in California.
2)Traumatic brain injury is a contributing factor in roughly
one-third of all injury-related deaths in the United States
which are largely the result of falls, motor vehicle crashes,
assaults, sporting-related injuries, or occupational injuries.
3)It is estimated that more than 5.3 million Americans are
living with disabilities related to traumatic brain injury.
Traumatic brain injury is the signature injury of the wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan, presenting new challenges for members of
the military and their family.
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4)The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
estimates that as many as 3.8 million sports and
recreation-related concussions occur in the United States
annually. The Federal Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-196) has provided new authority
for the CDC to review brain injury management in children, and
to identify ongoing and potential opportunities for research.
5)The Brain Injury Association of California offers education
and support to individuals with traumatic brain injury and
their families to help those individuals integrate into the
community and live as independently as possible.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
Association of Regional Centers Agencies (ARCA)
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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