Bill Text: CA SCR74 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Brain Injury Awareness Month.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-09-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 115, Statutes of 2012. [SCR74 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SCR74-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 74	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Gaines
   (Coauthor: Senator Alquist)

                        MARCH 13, 2012

   Relative to Brain Injury Awareness Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 74, as introduced, Gaines. Brain Injury Awareness Month.
   This measure would designate March 2012 as Brain Injury Awareness
Month, and applaud the Brain Injury Association of California for its
contributions toward educating Californians on matters pertaining to
traumatic brain injury.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, Each year, an estimated 1.7 million Americans sustain a
traumatic brain injury; and
   WHEREAS, A traumatic brain injury is a contributing factor in
roughly one-third of all injury-related deaths in the United States;
and
   WHEREAS, In California, each year nearly 200,000 people are
treated and released from emergency departments and over 30,000 more
are hospitalized with a primary or secondary diagnosis of nonfatal
traumatic brain injury; and
   WHEREAS, These injuries are largely the result of motor vehicle
crashes, falls, assaults, sporting-related injuries, or occupational
injuries; and
   WHEREAS, Traumatic brain injury is the signature injury of the
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, presenting new challenges for members
of the military and their families; and
   WHEREAS, The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
estimates that as many as 3.8 million sports-and-recreation-related
concussions occur in the United States annually; and
   WHEREAS, The likelihood of suffering a concussion while playing a
contact sport is estimated to be as high as 19 percent per year of
playing and occurs across all age groups and between both genders;
and
   WHEREAS, Football presents the greatest concussion risk for males,
with a 75-percent chance of concussion, and soccer presents the
greatest concussion risk for females, with a 50-percent chance of
concussion; and
   WHEREAS, An injury that happens in an instant can bring a lifetime
of physical, cognitive, and behavioral challenges; and
   WHEREAS, Early, equal, and adequate access to health care will
greatly increase the overall quality of life of those traumatically
injured, and will enable individuals to return to their homes,
schools, workplaces, and communities; and
   WHEREAS, The Brain Injury Association of California offers
education and support to families and individuals with traumatic
brain injury to help them live as independently as possible through
community integration; and
   WHEREAS, The Brain Injury Association of California has designated
March as Brain Injury Awareness Month to promote public awareness on
the extent, causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of
traumatic brain injury; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature designate March 2012 as
Brain Injury Awareness Month, and applaud the Brain Injury
Association of California for its invaluable contributions toward
educating the citizens of our great state on matters pertaining to
traumatic brain injury prevention, treatment, resources, supports,
and assistance; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.