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          Date of Hearing:   May 19, 2011

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                  SCR 36 (Blakeslee) - As Introduced:  April 7, 2011

           SENATE VOTE :   37-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   Viral Hepatitis Awareness Day.

           SUMMARY  :   Proclaims May 19, 2011, as Viral Hepatitis Awareness 
          Day in California.  Specifically,  this resolution  makes the 
          following legislative findings:

          1)Hepatitis C is the most prevalent blood-borne disease in the 
            United States.

          2)Liver cancer and liver disease related to hepatitis B and C 
            are two of the leading killers in California; and the majority 
            of those Californians with hepatitis B and C infection do not 
            know they are infected, and are therefore at high risk of 
            severe liver disease, liver cancer, or liver failure.

          3)Hepatitis awareness education campaigns and accessible 
            screening for hepatitis B and C, along with appropriate 
            treatment, can reduce the damage from hepatitis B and C viral 
            infection to individuals and to our community, financially, as 
            well as physically and emotionally.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          SLO Hep C Project in San Luis Obispo

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.

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











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