BILL ANALYSIS �
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SENATE THIRD READING
SCR 36 (Blakeslee)
As Introduced April 7, 2011
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :37-0
RULES 9-0
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|Ayes:|Skinner, Silva, Mendoza, | | |
| |Butler, Carter, Hagman, | | |
| |Hueso, Knight, Williams | | |
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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
Analysis Prepared by : Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
FN: 0000746
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