BILL ANALYSIS �
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ACR 138 (Achadjian)
As Introduced April 21, 2014
Majority vote
RULES 10-0
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|Ayes:|Gordon, Wilk, Ch�vez, |
| |Dababneh, Gonzalez, |
| |Hagman, Nazarian, Quirk, |
| |Ridley-Thomas, Waldron |
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SUMMARY : Proclaims May 19, 2014, 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.
4)The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
released updated guidelines calling for everyone born between
1945 and 1965 to receive a one-time hepatitis C test, which
would save over 100,000 lives.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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