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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 138
Author: Achadjian (R), et al.
Amended: 5/19/14 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 5/19/14
SUBJECT : Viral Hepatitis Awareness Day
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution proclaims May 19, 2014, as Viral
Hepatitis Awareness Day.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.Liver cancer and liver disease related to hepatitis B and C
are two of the leading killers in California with hepatitis C
being most prevalent bloodborne disease in the United States
and in California.
2.Early detection of hepatitis B or C infection promotes
effective management or treatment of these infections,
preventing disability, loss of productivity and income, and
allowing people to live full, satisfying, and productive
lives.
3.The majority of the Californians with chronic hepatitis B and
C infections do not know they are infected, and are therefore
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at high risk of severe liver disease, liver cancer, or liver
failure.
4.Untreated hepatitis B and C are the leading causes of liver
failure requiring liver transplant.
5.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.
6.There is a vaccine for the prevention of hepatitis B, the
first proven, low-cost vaccination against any form of cancer
made available to Americans.
7.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.
This resolution proclaims May 19, 2014, as Viral Hepatitis
Awareness Day.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/28/14)
AFSCME, AFL-CIO
JL:e 5/28/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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