Bill Text: CA ACR81 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 63-26)

Status: (Passed) 2011-09-22 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 100, Statutes of 2011. [ACR81 Detail]

Download: California-2011-ACR81-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 81	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  100
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Skinner
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano,
Atkins, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley,
Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro,
Conway, Cook, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,
Furutani, Beth Gaines, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, Hagman, Harkey,
Roger Hernández, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones,
Knight, Lara, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza,
Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Olsen, Pan, Perea,
John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Silva, Smyth, Solorio,
Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, and Yamada)
   (Coauthors: Senators Alquist, Anderson, Corbett, De León,
DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Hancock, Kehoe, Leno, Lieu, Liu,
Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod, Padilla, Pavley, Rubio, Runner, Steinberg,
and Wolk)

                        AUGUST 23, 2011

   Relative to Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 81, Skinner. Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
   This measure would designate the month of September of every year
as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month throughout the State of California,
and would encourage and promote efforts to educate the people and
the health care practitioners of the state regarding ovarian cancer
and its early detection and prevention, the risk factors involved in
its development, and the early warning symptoms and signs.



   WHEREAS, Each year in the United States, over 21,000 women are
diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and about 15,000 women die of this
disease; and
   WHEREAS, If diagnosed and treated at an early stage before the
cancer spreads outside of the ovary, the treatment is potentially
less costly, and the five-year survival rate is higher, at
approximately 70 percent. However, fewer than 20 percent of ovarian
cancer patients are diagnosed early. An overwhelming 80 percent of
all ovarian cancer patients are diagnosed at advanced stages; and
   WHEREAS, Although mortality rates for other cancers have been
reduced due to the capabilities of early detection and enhanced
treatments, the mortality rates for ovarian cancer have remained high
for the past three decades. Unfortunately, women with ovarian cancer
do not share the luxury of early detection; this cancer is among the
deadliest of all gynecologic cancers; and
   WHEREAS, Ovarian cancer has been predicted to reach epidemic
proportions as the population ages, because advancing age is one of
the known risk factors for the development of ovarian cancer. Ovarian
cancer primarily occurs in women over 45 years of age; and
   WHEREAS, The symptoms of ovarian cancer are vague and not well
known by the public. While ovarian cancer is the ninth most common
cancer among the female population, it is the fifth leading cause of
cancer-related deaths among women; and
   WHEREAS, There are factors that are known to reduce the risk for
ovarian cancer and that play an important role in the prevention of
the disease; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the month
of September of every year as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
throughout the State of California, and encourages and promotes the
efforts of the people and the health care practitioners of the state
to increase their awareness of this disease and to educate themselves
about its early detection and prevention, the risk factors involved
in its development, and the early warning symptoms and signs; and be
it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.