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          Date of Hearing:   August 12, 2010

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                 SCR 115 (DeSaulnier) - As Introduced:  June 23, 2010
                             (As proposed to be amended)

           SENATE VOTE  :   34-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   Bone Marrow Donation Awareness Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Designates October 2010 as Bone Marrow Donation  
          Awareness Month.  Specifically,  this resolution  makes the  
          following legislative findings:

          1)There is a need to enhance the understanding of the importance  
            of bone marrow donation and to encourage Californians to  
            participate in bone marrow donation drives; and, the bone  
            marrow registration process is simple, only taking a few  
            minutes and requiring a cheek swab.

          2)The most prevalent problem with respect to bone marrow  
            donation is the continued disparity in the number of racially  
            and ethnically diverse donors; and, only 26 percent of the  
            potential donors on the registry are from racially and  
            ethnically diverse backgrounds.

          3)The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) operates the Be The  
            Match Registry, the world's largest and most diverse registry  
            of potential bone morrow donors; and, since it's inception in  
            1987, the NMDP has facilitated more than 40,000 marrow and  
            cord blood transplants.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           COMMENTS:   The author has submitted proposed amendments to  
          provide the most current statistical data in the resolution.   
          Committee staff recommends adopting the amendments.   
          
          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file.
           








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            Opposition 
           
          None on file.


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