Bill Text: CA SCR36 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Viral Hepatitis Awareness Day.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 22, Statutes of 2011. [SCR36 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SCR36-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 36	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  22
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  MAY 23, 2011
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MAY 12, 2011
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 19, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Blakeslee

                        APRIL 7, 2011

   Relative to Viral Hepatitis Awareness Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 36, Blakeslee. Viral Hepatitis Awareness Day.
   This measure would declare May 19, 2011, to be Viral Hepatitis
Awareness Day in California.



   WHEREAS, Liver cancer and liver disease related to hepatitis B and
hepatitis C are among 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 or hepatitis C infection
promotes effective management or treatment of these infections,
preventing disability, loss of productivity and income, and allows
persons to live full, satisfying, and productive lives; and
   WHEREAS, Undetected and untreated hepatitis B or hepatitis C
infection can lead to disability or death; and
   WHEREAS, The majority of the estimated half million California
residents 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 125,000 California
residents with hepatitis B infection do not know that they are
infected, and are therefore at high risk of severe liver disease,
liver cancer, or liver failure; and
   WHEREAS, Untreated hepatitis B and hepatitis C leading causes of
liver failure requiring a liver transplant; 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, The cost of hospitalizations for liver cancer and liver
disease reached $2 billion in California in 2007, mostly paid for by
tax-supported public health insurers; and
   WHEREAS, Hepatitis awareness education campaigns and accessible
screening for hepatitis B and hepatitis C, along with appropriate
treatment, can reduce the damage from hepatitis B and hepatitis C
viral infection to individuals and to our community, financially as
well as physically and emotionally; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
declares May 19, 2011, to be Viral Hepatitis Awareness Day in
California; and be it further,
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.