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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SCR 115
Author: DeSaulnier (D)
Amended: 8/16/10
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : 34-0, 7/1/10
AYES: Aanestad, Alquist, Ashburn, Calderon, Cedillo,
Cogdill, Corbett, Correa, Cox, DeSaulnier, Ducheny,
Dutton, Emmerson, Florez, Hancock, Harman, Hollingsworth,
Huff, Kehoe, Leno, Liu, Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod,
Padilla, Pavley, Price, Romero, Simitian, Steinberg,
Strickland, Walters, Wolk, Wright, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Denham, Oropeza, Runner, Wiggins,
Wyland, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 8/18/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Bone Marrow Donation Awareness Month
SOURCE : Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
DIGEST : This resolution designates the month of October
2010 as Bone Marrow Donation Awareness Month.
Assembly Amendments clarify statistical figures.
ANALYSIS : The resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1. Since 1987, when Congress authorized the establishment
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of a national registry of volunteer bone marrow donors,
the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) has facilitated
more than 40,000 marrow and cord blood transplants.
2. The NMDP states that the number of transplants
facilitated through the national registry is "only a
fraction of the people who can benefit".
3. One of the leading hurdles cited in a report by the
Government Accountability Office is locating a suitably
matched, unrelated donor; a process that is often
difficult, time-consuming, and costly.
4. Patients will deteriorate, develop major complications,
or die while awaiting potential donors.
5. The most prevalent problem with respect to bone marrow
donation is the continued disparity in the number of
racially and ethnically diverse donors. Of the more
than eight million potential donors on the registry,
only 26 percent are donors from racially and ethnically
diverse backgrounds.
6. 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.
7. The NMDP operates the Be The Match Registry, the world's
largest and most diverse registry of potential bone
marrow donors.
8. There is a need to support programs that reduce search
time for patients and fully type donors whose tissue
compatibility types are less common.
9. The bone marrow registration process is simple. It only
takes a few minutes and requires a cheek swab.
This resolution designates the month of October 2010 as
Bone Marrow Donation Awareness Month.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
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SUPPORT : (Verified 8/18/10)
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (source)
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Carter, Chesbro,
Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore,
Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani,
Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall,
Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman,
Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mendoza, 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: Blakeslee, Charles Calderon, Evans,
Logue, Vacancy
CTW:mw 8/18/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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