BILL NUMBER: ACR 148	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Butler

                        MAY 1, 2012

   Relative to the California Family Planning Guarantee.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 148, as introduced, Butler. California Family Planning
Guarantee.
   This measure would resolve that the state should provide a family
planning guarantee that would ensure that the state will backfill any
budget shortfalls experienced by family planning services in
California as a result of cuts in federal funding.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, Family planning services are essential to providing basic
health care and family planning to millions of women, including
well-woman examinations, lifesaving cancer screenings, and
contraceptive services; and
   WHEREAS, Due to cuts in federal funding, access to preventative
health care for millions of women is at risk; and
   WHEREAS, The volatility of federal funding for family planning
services is a matter of statewide concern; and
   WHEREAS, Financial support for the basic health care for women
should not be contingent on funding from the federal government; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the State of California should provide for a
family planning guarantee which would ensure that California will
stand with women and backfill any budget shortfalls experienced by
family planning services in California as a result of cuts in federal
funding; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.