Bill Text: CA ACR23 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 23 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-04-25 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 13, Statutes of 2011. [ACR23 Detail]

Download: California-2011-ACR23-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: ACR 23	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  13
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  APRIL 25, 2011
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  APRIL 14, 2011
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 14, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 14, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ma
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Steinberg)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano,
Atkins, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter,
Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng,
Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Furutani, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon,
Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez,
Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Monning,
Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Olsen, Pan, Perea, John A. P�rez, V.
Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres,
Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, and Yamada)

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   Relative to Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

F   ACR 23, Ma. Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
   This measure would designate March 2011 as Colorectal Cancer
Awareness Month.


F   WHEREAS, Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer
deaths in both men and women in California, with 14,775 new cases and
F5,085 deaths expected in 2011; and   WHEREAS, Colorectal cancer is treatable, curable, and in many
cases, completely preventable; and
   WHEREAS, When colorectal cancers are detected at an early stage,
five-year survival is 91 percent; and
   WHEREAS, There were approximately 1 million colorectal cancer
survivors in the United States in 2002; and
   WHEREAS, Colorectal cancer is known as a silent killer because
symptoms show up only in the later stages of the disease; and
   WHEREAS, With proper screening, colorectal cancer can be prevented
For, if found early, treated and cured; and   WHEREAS, In 2005, only 56 percent of the population in California
had received colorectal cancer screening according to the guidelines;
Fand   WHEREAS, According to the Institute of Medicine, access to
appropriate use of colorectal cancer screening tests, such as
colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, and fecal occult blood test (FOBT), could
Freduce death rates of colon cancer up to 80 percent; and   WHEREAS, According to the American Cancer Society, in 2008, only
about 44 percent of colorectal cancers were diagnosed at an early,
more treatable and curable stage; and
   WHEREAS, The uninsured, underinsured, and underserved are least
likely to get screening and treatment for colorectal cancer, which
means that they are more likely to be diagnosed at a late stage when
chances of survival drop to 12 percent; and
   WHEREAS, Colorectal cancer screening is one of the most
cost-effective prevention measures in health care, more cost
effective than breast or prostate cancer screening; and
   WHEREAS, African Americans have the highest colorectal cancer
incidence and mortality rates of all racial groups in this country,
and early detection rates among African Americans in California are
low; and
   WHEREAS, Hispanics and Latinos in California have lower rates of
screening for colorectal cancer, and lower rates of early detection
of the disease; and
   WHEREAS, In California, colorectal cancer is the most common
cancer among Korean men, the second most common cancer among Korean
women, and the second most common cancer among Japanese men and
women, and only 43 percent of colorectal cancers in Asians and
Pacific Islanders are caught at an early stage; and
   WHEREAS, The California Colorectal Cancer Coalition (C4) is a
nonprofit organization established to increase colorectal cancer
screening rates in an effort to decrease mortality associated with
the disease, and implement strategies to reduce disparities in
colorectal cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment among
underserved populations in California; and
   WHEREAS, C4 encourages Californians to discuss the colorectal
cancer screening test that is best for them with their doctors and
believes that the best test is the one you have done; now, therefore,
Fbe it   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates March 2011
Fas Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; and be it further   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.