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          Date of Hearing:   April 24, 2014

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair
                    ACR 122 (Gaines) - As Amended: April 21, 2014
           
          SUBJECT  :   Bone Marrow Donation Awareness Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Designates the month of May 2014 as Bone Marrow  
          Donation Awareness Month.  Specifically,  this resolution  makes  
          the following legislative findings:

          1)There is a need to enhance the understanding of the importance  
            of bone marrow donation and to encourage Californians to  
            participate in bone marrow donation drives; and, the bone  
            marrow registration process is simple, only taking a few  
            minutes and requiring a cheek swab.

          2)The most prevalent problem with respect to bone marrow  
            donation is the need for racially and ethnically diverse  
            donors because of complex tissue types; and, 41 percent of the  
            potential donors on the registry are from racially and  
            ethnically diverse backgrounds.

          3)The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) operates the Be The  
            Match Registry, the world's largest and most diverse registry  
            of potential bone morrow donors; and, since its inception in  
            1987, the NMDP has facilitated more than 61,000 marrow and  
            cord blood transplants.

           FISCAL EFFECT :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file

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










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