California Assembly Bill ACR148 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: ACR 148AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 16, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Butler MAY 1, 2012 Relative to  the California Family Planning Guarantee   family planning funding and support  . LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ACR 148, as amended, Butler. California  Family Planning Guarantee.   family planning funding and support.  This measure would resolve that the state should provide a family planning guarantee that would ensure that the state will backfill any budget shortfalls experienced by family planning services in California as a result of cuts in federal funding   Legislature is committed to supporting access to family planning services, and would urge the preservation of funding to ensure that California will stand with women and allow them to enjoy improved health and experience fewer unplanned pregnancies and births  . Fiscal committee: no. WHEREAS, Family planning services are essential to providing basic health care and family planning to millions of women, including well-woman examinations, lifesaving cancer screenings, and contraceptive services; and WHEREAS, Due to cuts in federal funding, access to preventative health care for millions of women is at risk; and WHEREAS, The volatility of federal funding for family planning services is a matter of statewide concern; and WHEREAS, Financial support for the basic health care for women should not be contingent on funding from the federal government; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the  State of California should provide for a family planning guarantee which would ensure that California will stand with women and backfill any budget shortfalls experienced by family planning services in California as a result of cuts in federal funding   Legislature is committed to supporting access to family planning services, and strongly urges the preservation of funding to ensure that California will stand with women and allow them to enjoy improved health and experience fewer unplanned pregnancies and births  ; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.