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          Date of Hearing:   August 18, 2014

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair
                     HR 53 (Levine) - As Amended:  August 6, 2014
           
          SUBJECT  :   National Health Center Week.

           SUMMARY  :   Proclaims the week of August 10 to August 16, 2014,  
          inclusive, as National Health Center Week in California.   
          Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following legislative  
          findings:

          1)Community clinics and health care centers have been at the  
            core of the nation's health care safety net, serving anyone  
            and everyone who walks through their doors, regardless of  
            ability to pay, and they are the medical homes for more than  
            22 million needy and uninsured patients.

          2)According to multiple government, academic, and private  
            studies, community clinics and health centers have been proven  
            to be the most cost-effective health care providers in the  
            field, saving nearly $24 billion annually by keeping patients  
            out of costlier health care settings, such as emergency rooms.

          3)In California, more than five million low-income families,  
            children, seniors, women, non-English speakers, people of  
            color, and homeless individuals currently receive  
            comprehensive primary care services at more than 1000  
            community clinics and health centers throughout the state.

          4)California's and the nation's community clinics and health  
            centers deserve to be recognized and acknowledge for their  
            valuable services to their communities and the state, their  
            cost-effective delivery of primary health care services to the  
            most vulnerable populations, and their leadership working for  
            fair and equitable health care reform.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          California Primary Care Association








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           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800