BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 141
Author: Blakeslee (R), et al
Amended: 4/21/10 in Assembly
Vote: 21
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 5/6/10 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT : Viral Hepatitis Awareness Day
SOURCE : San Luis Obispo Hep C Project, San Luis Obispo
DIGEST : This resolution proclaims May 19, 2010, as Viral
Hepatitis Awareness Day in California.
ANALYSIS :
This resolution makes the following Legislative findings:
1. Liver cancer and liver disease related to hepatitis B
and C are two of the leading killers in California.
2. Hepatitis C is the most prevalent blood-borne disease in
the United States and in California.
3. Early detection of hepatitis B or C infection promotes
effective management or treatment of these infections,
preventing disability, loss of productivity and income,
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and allowing people to live full, satisfying, and
productive lives.
4. Undetected and untreated hepatitis B or C infection can
lead to disability or death.
5. The majority of the estimated 500,000 Californians with
chronic hepatitis C infection do not know they are
infected, and are therefore at high risk of severe liver
disease, liver cancer, or liver failure.
6. The majority of the estimated 125,000 California
residents with hepatitis B infection do not know they
are infected, and are therefore at high risk of severe
liver disease, liver cancer, or liver failure.
7. Untreated hepatitis B and C are the leading causes of
liver failure requiring liver transplant.
8. There is a vaccine for the prevention of hepatitis B,
the first proven, low-cost vaccination against any form
of cancer made available to Americans.
9. The cost of hospitalizations for liver cancer and liver
disease reached $2 billion in California in 2007, mostly
paid for by tax-supported public health insurers.
10.Hepatitis awareness education campaigns and accessible
screening for hepatitis B and C, along with appropriate
treatment, can reduce the damage from hepatitis B and C
viral infection to individuals and to our community,
financially, as well as physically and emotionally.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/13/10)
San Luis Obispo Hep C Project, San Luis Obispo (source)
AIDS Support Network, San Luis Obispo, CA
Asian Liver Center at Stanford University, CA
C.O.R.E. Medical Clinic, Inc., Sacramento, CA
California Hepatitis Alliance, Sacramento, CA
Chinese Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Education for Healthy Choices, Sacramento, CA
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Help & Education for Liver Patients (HELP!), San Luis
Obispo, CA
Hepatitis B Foundation, Doylestown, PA
Hepatitis Foundation International
hepCmeditations project, San Francisco, CA
James F. Maino, RIC, Inc.,
MARPAY, INC, Sacramento
Mendocino County AIDS/Viral Hepatitis Network, Ukiah
Misha Ruth Cohen Education Foundation, San Francisco
National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable, Rohnert Park
O.A.S.I.S Clinic, Oakland, CA
Oak Park Outreach Service, Sacramento
Project Inform, San Francisco
San Luis Obispo Bangers Syringe Exchange Program, San Luis
Obispo
San Luis Obispo County Community Foundation, San Luis
Obispo
Sierra HOPE, Angels Camp, CA
The Center for Health Improvement, Sacramento
Wings for Life
Yvonne Frazier Consulting Services, San Francisco
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De
Leon, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher,
Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani,
Garrick, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, Norby, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino,
Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,
Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico,
Tran, Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bass, Block, De La Torre, Gilmore,
Mendoza, Vacancy
CTW:do 5/14/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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