Bill Text: CA SCR19 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-03-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 14, Statutes of 2015. [SCR19 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SCR19-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 19	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  14
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  MARCH 30, 2015
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MARCH 5, 2015
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Nguyen

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   Relative to Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 19, Nguyen. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Day.
   This measure would proclaim February 28, 2015, as Idiopathic
Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Day in coordination with Rare Disease
Day in California.



   WHEREAS, There are nearly 7,000 diseases and conditions that are
considered rare and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is one of those
diseases; and
   WHEREAS, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is a serious disorder
causing progressive, incurable lung disease; and
   WHEREAS, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis progresses quickly, often
causing disability or death within a few short years; and
   WHEREAS, In many cases there is no identified cause of Idiopathic
Pulmonary Fibrosis; and
   WHEREAS, Approximately 132,000 people in the United States are
estimated to have Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; and
   WHEREAS, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis may be 5 to 10 times more
prevalent than previously thought because Idiopathic Pulmonary
Fibrosis is often misdiagnosed and under diagnosed; and
   WHEREAS, There is a need to increase awareness and detection of
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by expanding education and promoting
access to quality care and services for this disease; and
   WHEREAS, February 28, 2015, is Rare Disease Day in California;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims February
28, 2015, as Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Day; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.