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          Date of Hearing:   April 30, 2009

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                 Ted W. Lieu, Chair
                    SCR 18 (Alquist) - As Amended:  March 12, 2009

           SENATE VOTE :   37-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   Respiratory Syncytial Virus Awareness Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Designates the month of March of each year as  
          Respiratory Syncytial Virus Awareness Month in the State of  
          California, encourages all Californians to observe the month  
          with appropriate activities and education outreach to parents  
          and the medical community, as well as programs to raise  
          awareness about the causes of, symptoms of, and ways of  
          preventing Respiratory Syncytial Virus.  Specifically,  this  
          resolution  makes the following legislative findings:   

          1)According to the March of Dimes, in 2004, California ranked in  
            the top 10 states for preterm births; and in 2005, ten percent  
            of the children born in California were born premature.

          2)Several studies have found that late preterm infants (34 to 36  
            weeks of gestational age) have greater morbidity and mortality  
            than full-term infants; and late preterm infants have higher  
            costs in every type of medical service category compared to  
            full-term infants.

          3)Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is the leading cause of  
            hospitalization in infants less than one year of age; and RSV  
            is the most common cause of viral death in children under five  
            years of age.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file.








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           Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800