BILL ANALYSIS
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SCR 87
Author: Price (D), et al
Amended: 5/17/10
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : 32-0, 4/8/10
AYES: Aanestad, Ashburn, Calderon, Cedillo, Corbett,
Correa, Cox, Denham, DeSaulnier, Ducheny, Dutton,
Hancock, Hollingsworth, Huff, Kehoe, Leno, Liu,
Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod, Oropeza, Padilla, Pavley,
Price, Romero, Runner, Simitian, Steinberg, Strickland,
Wolk, Wright, Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Alquist, Cogdill, Florez, Harman,
Maldonado, Walters, Wiggins, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 5/17/10
SUBJECT : American Stroke Month
SOURCE : American Heart Association
DIGEST : This resolution declares May 2010 to be American
Stroke Month in California and urges all Californians to
familiarize themselves with the risk factors, and to
recognize the warning signs and symptoms associated with
stroke, to help reduce the devastating effects of stroke on
the population.
Assembly Amendments add co-authors.
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ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1. Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term
disability and the third leading cause of death in the
United States, killing over 137,000 people nationwide
and approximately 15,585 people in California each year.
2. The actions for American Stroke Month 2010 are to "Take
2 to Save 2" to encourage people to take two minutes to
save two lives by sending two health messages to two
people they know who may smoke, be overweight, have high
blood pressure, diabetes, or a family history of heart
disease or stroke who are at an increased risk of being
disabled or dying from a stroke, and to promote the
program "Power to End Stroke" to reduce stroke in
African Americans who are at particularly high risk of
the disease, by empowering them to reduce their risk,
recognize the warning signs, and respond quickly.
3. Warning signs of stroke include, but are not limited to,
sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg,
especially on one side of the body, sudden trouble
seeing in one or both eyes, sudden confusion, trouble
speaking or understanding, sudden trouble walking,
dizziness, loss of balance or coordination, and sudden
severe headache with no known cause.
4. Americans are more aware of the risk factors and warning
signs for stroke now than they have been in the past,
but two in five adults cannot identify any symptoms.
5. New and effective treatments have been developed to
treat and minimize the severity and damaging effects of
strokes, but more research is needed.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 4/18/10)
American Heart Association (source)
CTW:mw 5/18/10 Senate Floor Analyses
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SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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