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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 129
Author: Liu (D), et al
Amended: 8/11/14
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : Pain Awareness Month and Women In Pain Awareness Day
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution recognizes September 2014 as Pain
Awareness Month and calls upon all Californians to observe that
month by learning how to improve the quality of life of
Californians suffering from pain. This resolution also
recognizes September 12, 2014, as Women In Pain Awareness Day to
draw public attention to gender disparity in pain assessment and
treatment in the United States.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/11/14 add Senator Wolk as a
coauthor and make other technical, non-substantive changes.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.More than 100 million Americans live with chronic pain caused
by various diseases or disorders, and nearly 25 million
Americans suffer with acute pain each year.
2.Though medical knowledge and technology exist to relieve or
greatly ease pain, most pain is untreated, undertreated, or
improperly treated, and many health care professionals are
still unaware of how to effectively treat pain.
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3.Women have a higher prevalence than men of chronic pain
syndromes and diseases associated with chronic pain, such as
fibromyalgia, complex pain syndrome, and osteoarthritis, and
women respond differently to certain analgesics.
4.Women more frequently report pain to a health care provider,
but are more likely to have their pain reports discounted as
emotional or psychogenic and, therefore, not real.
5.The California-based Partners for Understanding Pain is a
coalition of pain sufferers, physicians, nurses, social
workers, pharmacists, therapists, civic leaders, nonprofit
organizations, and health care businesses whose mission is to
improve the quality of life for people in California
experiencing pain.
6.It is the collective mission of this movement to provide
practical information for people with pain, inform health care
professionals about pain management, and serve as an advocate
for people experiencing pain.
This resolution recognizes the month of September 2014 as Pain
Awareness Month, and calls upon all Californians to observe this
month by participating in appropriate ceremonies and activities,
and by learning how to improve the quality of life for people in
California suffering from pain. This resolution also recognizes
September 12, 2014, as Women In Pain Awareness Day to draw
public attention to the important need to raise awareness
concerning gender disparity in pain assessment and treatment in
the United States.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
JL:e 8/12/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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