Bill Text: CA ACR86 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: American Heart Month.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 52-21)

Status: (Passed) 2014-03-17 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 9, Statutes of 2014. [ACR86 Detail]

Download: California-2013-ACR86-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: ACR 86	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  9
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  MARCH 17, 2014
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MARCH 6, 2014
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 6, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 6, 2014

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

                        JANUARY 27, 2014

   Relative to American Heart Month and Wear Red Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 86, Buchanan. American Heart Month.
   This measure would recognize the month of February 2014 as
American Heart Month in California and recognize February 7, 2014, as
Wear Red Day in California.



   WHEREAS, Heart disease is the number 1 killer of women, yet often
is preventable; and
   WHEREAS, Cardiovascular disease accounts for one in three deaths
nationwide, approximately one woman's death every minute; and
   WHEREAS, An estimated 43 million women in the United States are
affected by cardiovascular disease; and
   WHEREAS, Heart disease kills more women than all forms of cancer
combined, but often the disease goes undiagnosed; and
   WHEREAS, Ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for
developing heart disease, yet only one in five American women
believe that heart disease is her greatest health threat; and
   WHEREAS, Women comprise only 24 percent of participants in all
heart-related studies; and
   WHEREAS, Since 1984, more women than men have died each year from
heart disease, and the gap continues to widen; and
   WHEREAS, Many women are either unaware of the symptoms of heart
disease or may attribute their symptoms to other causes, and women
are less likely to call 911 for themselves when experiencing symptoms
of a heart attack than if someone else were having a heart attack;
and
   WHEREAS, The American Heart Association's Go Red for Women
movement has been positively impacting the health of women for 10
years, as a result more than 627,000 women's lives have been saved,
and 330 fewer women are dying each day; and
   WHEREAS, In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of National Wear
Red Day on February 7, 2014, Go Red for Women is asking all women
across America to Go Red by wearing red and speaking red to all of
the following: Get Your Numbers, ask your doctor to check your blood
pressure and cholesterol; Own Your Lifestyle, stop smoking, lose
weight, exercise, and eat healthy; Realize Your Risk; Educate Your
Family, make healthy food choices for you and your family and teach
your kids the importance of staying active; Don't Be Silent, tell
every woman you know that heart disease is their No. 1 killer; now
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the month of
February 2014 as American Heart Month in California in order to raise
awareness of the importance of the ongoing fight against heart
disease and stroke; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes February 7, 2014, as
Wear Red Day in California, and urges all citizens to show their
support for women and the fight against heart disease by
commemorating this day by wearing the color red; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature urges public support for Go Red for
Women events planned in California during American Heart Month; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
                         
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