Bill Text: CA ACR175 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Viral Hepatitis Awareness Day.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 48-23-1)

Status: (Passed) 2016-07-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 87, Statutes of 2016. [ACR175 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR175-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: ACR 175	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  87
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 11, 2016
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 19, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 19, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Achadjian and Gipson
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula,
Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brown, Burke,
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh,
Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina
Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove,
Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Kim, Lackey,
Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mayes, Medina, Melendez,
Mullin, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond,
Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, and Wood)

                        APRIL 27, 2016

   Relative to Viral Hepatitis Awareness Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 175, Achadjian. Viral Hepatitis Awareness Day.
   This measure would proclaim May 19, 2016, as Viral Hepatitis
Awareness Day in California.



   WHEREAS, Liver cancer and liver disease related to hepatitis B and
C are two of the leading killers in California; and
   WHEREAS, Hepatitis C is the most prevalent bloodborne disease in
the United States and in California; and
   WHEREAS, Early detection of hepatitis B and C infections promotes
effective management or treatment of these infections, preventing
disability, loss of productivity and income, and allowing people to
live full, satisfying, and productive lives; and
   WHEREAS, An undetected and untreated hepatitis B or C infection
can lead to disability or death; and
   WHEREAS, The majority of the estimated 750,000 Californians with
chronic hepatitis C infection do not know they are infected, and are
therefore at high risk of severe liver disease, liver cancer, or
liver failure; and
   WHEREAS, The majority of the estimated 350,000 California
residents with hepatitis B infection do not know they are infected,
and are therefore at high risk of severe liver disease, liver cancer,
or liver failure; and
   WHEREAS, Untreated hepatitis B and C infections are the leading
causes of liver failure requiring liver transplant; and
   WHEREAS, The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
released updated guidelines calling for baby boomers - everyone born
between 1945 and 1965 - to receive a one-time hepatitis C test, which
would save over 100,000 lives; and
   WHEREAS, In 2013, the United States Preventive Services Task Force
(USPSTF) issued a Grade B rating for screening for hepatitis C virus
(HCV) infection in persons at high risk for infection and adults
born between 1945 and 1965; and
   WHEREAS, Baby boomers make up 30 percent of California's adult
population, and African American baby boomers are twice as likely to
have hepatitis C as other baby boomers; and
   WHEREAS, In 2009, the USPSTF issued a Grade A rating for screening
pregnant women for the hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection during
their first prenatal visit; and
   WHEREAS, In 2014, the USPSTF issued a Grade B rating for screening
people born in countries where hepatitis B is common, United
States-born people who were not vaccinated against hepatitis B when
they were babies and whose parents come from countries where
hepatitis B is common, and other people at risk for hepatitis B; and
   WHEREAS, There is a vaccine for the prevention of hepatitis B -
the first proven, low-cost vaccination against any form of cancer
made available to Americans; and
   WHEREAS, Hepatitis B is most prevalent among people of Asian and
Pacific Islander descent, and one-third of Americans of Asian and
Pacific Islander descent live in California; and
   WHEREAS, Hepatitis B-related and hepatitis C-related
hospitalization charges totaled $2.3 billion in 2010 in California,
mostly paid for by tax-supported public health insurers; and
   WHEREAS, New medications can cure hepatitis C in over 90 percent
of people who are linked to and retained in care and treatment; and
   WHEREAS, Hepatitis B can be treated effectively with proper
medical management and may be curable in the near future; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislature will continue to work to increase the
affordability of, and access to, care, treatment, and cures for
hepatitis; and
   WHEREAS, Hepatitis awareness education campaigns and accessible
screening for hepatitis B and C, along with appropriate treatment,
can reduce the damage from hepatitis B and C viral infection to
individuals and to our community, financially, as well as physically
and emotionally; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims May 19,
2016, as Viral Hepatitis Awareness Day; 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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