BILL NUMBER: ACR 148	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 16, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Butler

                        MAY 1, 2012

   Relative to  the California Family Planning Guarantee
  family planning funding and support  .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 148, as amended, Butler. California  Family Planning
Guarantee.   family planning funding and support. 
   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
  Legislature is committed to supporting access to
family planning services, and would urge the preservation of funding
to ensure that California will stand with women and allow them to
enjoy improved health and experience fewer unplanned pregnancies and
births  .
   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   Legislature is committed to
supporting access to family planning services, and strongly urges the
preservation of funding to ensure that California will stand with
women and allow them to enjoy improved health and experience fewer
unplanned pregnancies and births  ; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.