BILL ANALYSIS Ó SCR 122 Page 1 Date of Hearing: April 25, 2016 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES Gordon, Chair SCR 122 (Beall) - As Introduced March 28, 2016 SENATE VOTE: 38-0 SUBJECT: Autism Awareness Month SUMMARY: Designates the month of April 2016 as Autism Awareness Month and encourages residents to show support for autism awareness by lighting their homes, businesses, schools, and places of worship with blue light bulbs. Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative findings: 1)Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder affecting the social, communication, and behavioral skills of those affected by it. 2)More children are being diagnosed on the autism spectrum than ever before with diagnoses as high as one in 68 children nationally, and one in 42 boys. 3)There is no cure for autism, but early treatment makes it often possible for those individuals to lead significantly improved lives. 4)Individuals with autism often require a lifetime of specialized and community support services to ensure their health and safety, and to support families' resilience in managing the psychological and financial burdens autism SCR 122 Page 2 presents. 5)Autism Speaks and autism services providers throughout the state are organizing the Light It Up Blue campaign and Autism Awareness Day in order to educate parents, professionals, and the general public about autism and its impact, and to shine a light on autism as a growing public health crisis. FISCAL EFFECT: None REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION: Support Autism Speaks Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) Opposition None on file Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800