Bill Text: CA ACR187 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: American Stroke Month.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 46-19)

Status: (Passed) 2016-07-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 90, Statutes of 2016. [ACR187 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR187-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 187	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gomez
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula,
Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke,
Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Dababneh,
Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Beth Gaines, Cristina Garcia, Gatto,
Gipson, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Roger Hernández,
Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low,
Maienschein, Mathis, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian,
Obernolte, Quirk, Rendon, Rodriguez, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone,
Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Williams, and Wood)

                        MAY 17, 2016

   Relative to American Stroke Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 187, Gomez. American Stroke Month.
   This measure would proclaim the month of May 2016 as American
Stroke Month in California.



   WHEREAS, Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term disability
and the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, killing
about 130,000 people nationwide and over 13,500 California citizens
each year; and
   WHEREAS, Stroke prevalence is projected to increase by 20.5
percent between 2016 and 2030, inclusive, and the direct medical
costs for treating stroke are expected to almost triple during the
same period from $71.6 billion to $184.1 billion; and
   WHEREAS, Nearly 80 million Americans have high blood pressure,
which is a major controllable risk factor for stroke, including 44
percent of African American adults--among the highest prevalence of
any population in the world; and
   WHEREAS, Fifty-eight percent of Americans do not know if they are
at risk for stroke; and
   WHEREAS, One in three Americans cannot recall any stroke warning
signs or symptoms; and
   WHEREAS, The F.A.S.T. warning signs and symptoms of stroke include
face drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty, and time to call
9-1-1; and
   WHEREAS, Beyond F.A.S.T., additional stroke warning signs and
symptoms include sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or
leg, especially on one side of the body, sudden confusion, trouble
speaking or understanding, sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes,
sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination,
and sudden severe headache with no known cause; and
   WHEREAS, On the American Stroke Month Day of Action, May 1, 2016,
throughout the month of May and year-round, the American Stroke
Association's "Together to End Stroke" initiative encourages
Americans to learn their personal stroke risk, memorize and share the
stroke warning signs, and call 9-1-1 at the first sign of a stroke;
and
   WHEREAS, New and effective treatments have been developed to treat
and minimize the severity and damaging effect of strokes, but much
more research is needed; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares the month of May
2016 to be American Stroke Month in California and urges all
Californians to familiarize themselves with the risk factors
associated with stroke, recognize the warning signs and symptoms, and
on first sign of a stroke dial 9-1-1 immediately in order to begin
to reduce the devastating effects of stroke on our population; and be
it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author and to the Secretary of the Senate for
appropriate distribution.