BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AJR 11
Author: Furutani (D)
Amended: 4/13/09 in Assembly
Vote: 21
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 47-1, 04/20/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates the week of April 19
to 25, 2009, inclusive, as National Multicultural Cancer
Awareness Week," and encourages the promotion of policies
and programs that seek to reduce cancer disparities and
improve cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and
follow-up care for all Californians.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1.The risk of developing and dying from cancer varies
considerably among different cultural populations in
California; and, being the most populous and ethnically
and culturally diverse state in the country, California
is in a position to provide leadership for the nation to
address the reduction of the incidence of cancer among
all races and genders.
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2.The medically underserved are often diagnosed at later
stages and with a higher incidence of cancers with higher
mortality, like lung cancer, and are more likely to
receive lower quality health care.
3.The American Cancer Society is participating in National
Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week to point out the
disparities in cancer burden and to encourage public and
private sector commitments to helping eliminate these
disparities.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Ammiano, Arambula, Beall, Block, Blumenfield,
Brownley, Caballero, Carter, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De
Leon, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani,
Galgiani, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman,
Jones, Krekorian, Lieu, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza,
Monning, Nava, John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez,
Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Skinner,
Solorio, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Yamada,
Bass
NOES: Anderson
NO VOTE RECORDED: Adams, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill,
Blakeslee, Buchanan, Charles Calderon, Chesbro, Conway,
Cook, DeVore, Duvall, Emmerson, Fletcher, Fuller, Gaines,
Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Jeffries, Knight,
Logue, Miller, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, Silva, Smyth,
Audra Strickland, Tran, Villines
CTW:nl 5/29/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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