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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SCR 135
          Author:   Evans (D)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
           SUBJECT  :    National Massage Therapy Awareness Week

           SOURCE  :     American Massage Therapy Association


           DIGEST  :    This resolution proclaims the week of October 19-25,  
          2014, inclusive, as National Massage Therapy Awareness Week in  
          California.

           ANALYSIS :    This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:

          1. Massage therapy is beneficial to overall health and is  
             increasingly part of integrated health care; and therapeutic  
             massage can benefit people of all ages.

          2. Consumers annually spend in excess of $12 billion on massage  
             therapy, and more insurance companies are covering it. 

          3. The American Massage Therapy Association, a 56,000-member  
             professional association for massage therapists, provides  
             consumer and professional education information on massage  
             and helps consumers and health professionals locate qualified  
             massage therapists in their area.

          This resolution proclaims the week of October 19-25, 2014,  
          inclusive, as National Massage Therapy Awareness Week in  






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          California.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  7/31/14)

          American Massage Therapy Association (source)


          MW:d  8/5/14   Senate Floor Analyses 

                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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