Bill Text: CA ACR123 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Arthritis Awareness Month.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 51-19)

Status: (Passed) 2014-05-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 45, Statutes of 2014. [ACR123 Detail]

Download: California-2013-ACR123-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 123	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  45
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  MAY 30, 2014
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MAY 23, 2014
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Harkey
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano,
Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford,
Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway,
Cooley, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong,
Fox, Frazier, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray,
Grove, Hagman, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder,
Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi,
Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel
Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Skinner, Stone,
Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)

                        MARCH 25, 2014

   Relative to Arthritis Awareness Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 123, Harkey. Arthritis Awareness Month.
   This measure would proclaim the month of May 2014 as Arthritis
Awareness Month.



   WHEREAS, Arthritis includes more than 100 rheumatic diseases and
conditions that affect joints, the tissues that surround joints, and
other connective tissue; and
   WHEREAS, Arthritis is a chronic health problem and the nation's
leading cause of physical disability among Americans and is most
common among people with multiple chronic conditions; and
   WHEREAS, Arthritis causes pain and loss of movement, can limit
everyday activities such as walking and dressing, and can even lead
to death; and
   WHEREAS, An estimated 52.5 million adults in the United States are
living with some form of doctor-diagnosed arthritis, representing
approximately 22.7 percent of adults in the United States; and
   WHEREAS, An estimated 300,000 children under 18 years of age, or
approximately one in 250 children, in the United States have some
form of arthritis or rheumatic condition; and
   WHEREAS, Approximately one-half of all adults with heart disease
or diabetes also have arthritis; and
   WHEREAS, Arthritis costs the United States economy more than $128
billion each year, with $81 billion in direct medical care costs and
$47 billion in indirect costs; and
   WHEREAS, Arthritis results in approximately 992,100
hospitalizations and 44 million outpatient visits each year; and
   WHEREAS, In California there are more than 5.3 million people
living with arthritis, including 38,000 children; and
   WHEREAS, An estimated 67 million adults 18 years of age and older
will have doctor-diagnosed arthritis by the year 2030; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature understands the extent of,
and sympathizes with, the severity of the impact of arthritis on
Californians; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes the month of May 2014 as
Arthritis Awareness Month and appreciates the efforts of the
California Arthritis Foundation Council to seek access to care for
all Californians; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.