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THIRD READING
Bill No: AJR 5
Author: Gomez (D)
Amended: 4/21/14 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 4/21/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates the week of April 20 to
26, 2014, inclusive, as National Multicultural Cancer Awareness
Week, encourages continued research into policies and programs
that seek to reduce cancer disparities and, as a result, improve
cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care for
all Californians. This resolution urges the President and the
Congress of the United States to recognize National
Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week has been observed
across the country each year since 1987 in an effort to bring
attention to the disparities of cancer among medically
underserved populations.
2.The American Cancer Society is participating in National
Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week to highlight the
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disparities in cancer burdens and to encourage public and
private sector commitments in helping eliminate these
disparities.
3.California is the most populous and ethnically and culturally
diverse state in the country, and thus, is in a position to
provide leadership for the nation to address the reduction of
the incidence of cancer among all races, ethnicities, and
genders.
4.The risk of developing and dying from cancer varies
considerably among different cultural populations in
California. The medically underserved are often diagnosed at
later stages, and with a higher incidence of cancers with
higher mortality, such as lung cancer, and are more likely to
receive delayed health care.
5.Cancer is the leading cause of death among Latinos, Asian
Americans, and Pacific Islanders, and is the second leading
cause of death for most other Californians.
6.In California, Latinos have substantially higher rates of
stomach and liver cancers than other Californians. Latinos
have higher rates of acute lymphocytic leukemia and cervical
cancer than non-Hispanic whites. Latinos have the highest
likelihood of being medically uninsured, which can create
serious barriers to screenings, early detection, and
treatment. Latino women have the highest risk of developing
cervical cancer, significantly higher, than non-Hispanic white
women, African American women, Asian American women, and
Pacific Islander women.
7.According to the American Cancer Society, members of the
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community are at
greater risk for cancer, have faced specific challenges
accessing quality health care, and may hesitate to access
health care because of previous discrimination in health care
settings. Lesbians have fewer mammograms, pelvic
examinations, and Pap smear tests than heterosexual women.
This resolution urges the President and the Congress of the
United States to recognize "National Multicultural Cancer
Awareness Week and declares the week of April 20 to 26, 2014,
inclusive, as "National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week,"
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and encourages continued research into policies and programs
that seek to reduce cancer disparities and, as a result, improve
cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care for
all Californians.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/6/14)
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 4/21/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,
Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell,
Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande,
Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk,
Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner,
Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,
Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Donnelly, Mansoor, Melendez, Vacancy
JL:nl 5/7/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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