BILL ANALYSIS �
ACR 172
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Date of Hearing: August 27, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Richard S. Gordon, Chair
ACR 172 (Gaines) - As Introduced: August 7, 2014
SUBJECT : Diabetes Awareness Month.
SUMMARY : Declares November 2014 as Diabetes Awareness Month.
Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)Diabetes is a chronic disease for which there is no known cure
and affects more than 25 million Americans across our country
and with many more going undiagnosed; diabetes remains a
pressing national health concern.
2)Nearly 3 million Californians have diabetes, that means more
than 1 out of every 10 Californians has diabetes; and, from
1998 to 2007, the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes rose from
5.5 percent to 7.6 percent.
3)In 2007, approximately 7.9 million adults in California, or
nearly one in three, had prediabetes, a condition that often
precedes type II diabetes.
4)The key to reducing incidence of, or complications associated
with diabetes, is early detection, control, and proper
treatment which include healthy diet and exercise.
Traditionally, those at highest risk for diabetes included
older, overweight citizens who had a history of diabetes in
their families; however, in recent years there has been an
alarming increase in the growing number of younger individuals
being diagnosed with diabetes due to lifestyle and excessive
body mass.
5)It is estimated that total health care and related costs for
the treatment of diabetes in California alone is around $ 24.5
billion each year.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
ACR 172
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None on file
Opposition
None on file
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