Enrolled March 26, 2019 Passed IN Senate March 25, 2019 Passed IN Assembly March 07, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 32Introduced by Assembly Member Flora(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Arambula, Bauer-Kahan, Berman, Bigelow, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Bonta, Brough, Burke, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chau, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dahle, Daly, Diep, Eggman, Frazier, Friedman, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gloria, Gonzalez, Gray, Grayson, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager-Dove, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Limn, Low, Mathis, Mayes, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Obernolte, ODonnell, Patterson, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Blanca Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Smith, Mark Stone, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wicks, and Wood)February 20, 2019Relative to Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 32, Flora. Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. This measure would designate March 2019 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in California.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill TextWHEREAS, Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths of Californians, with 14,400 new cases and 5,300 deaths that were expected in 2018; and WHEREAS, Colorectal cancer is treatable, curable, and, in many cases, completely preventable; and WHEREAS, When colorectal cancers are detected at an early stage, the survival rate is 92 percent; and WHEREAS, Colorectal cancer is known as a silent killer because symptoms only show up in the later stages of the disease; and WHEREAS, With proper screening, colorectal cancer can be prevented or, if found early, treated and cured; and WHEREAS, In 2016, only 70.8 percent of California adults 50 years of age and older had received a sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, or fecal occult blood test (FOBT) to screen for colorectal cancer; and WHEREAS, In California, colorectal cancer is the most common cancer among Korean and Kampuchean men, the second most common cancer among Hispanic, Japanese, South Asian, and Pacific Islander men, and the second most common cancer among Filipino, Hispanic, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Vietnamese, and Hmong women; and WHEREAS, The California Colorectal Cancer Coalition (C4) is a nonprofit organization established to increase colorectal cancer screening rates in an effort to decrease mortality associated with the disease, and to implement strategies to reduce disparities in colorectal cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment among underserved populations in California; and WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. ACS CAN supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem; andWHEREAS, C4 and ACS CAN encourage Californians to discuss the colorectal cancer screening test that is best for them with their doctors and believes that the best test is the one you have done now; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature designates the month of March 2019 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in California; and be it furtherResolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
Enrolled March 26, 2019 Passed IN Senate March 25, 2019 Passed IN Assembly March 07, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 32Introduced by Assembly Member Flora(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Arambula, Bauer-Kahan, Berman, Bigelow, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Bonta, Brough, Burke, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chau, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dahle, Daly, Diep, Eggman, Frazier, Friedman, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gloria, Gonzalez, Gray, Grayson, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager-Dove, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Limn, Low, Mathis, Mayes, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Obernolte, ODonnell, Patterson, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Blanca Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Smith, Mark Stone, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wicks, and Wood)February 20, 2019Relative to Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 32, Flora. Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. This measure would designate March 2019 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in California.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO
Enrolled March 26, 2019 Passed IN Senate March 25, 2019 Passed IN Assembly March 07, 2019
Enrolled March 26, 2019
Passed IN Senate March 25, 2019
Passed IN Assembly March 07, 2019
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 32
Introduced by Assembly Member Flora(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Arambula, Bauer-Kahan, Berman, Bigelow, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Bonta, Brough, Burke, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chau, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dahle, Daly, Diep, Eggman, Frazier, Friedman, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gloria, Gonzalez, Gray, Grayson, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager-Dove, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Limn, Low, Mathis, Mayes, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Obernolte, ODonnell, Patterson, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Blanca Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Smith, Mark Stone, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wicks, and Wood)February 20, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Flora(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Arambula, Bauer-Kahan, Berman, Bigelow, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Bonta, Brough, Burke, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chau, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dahle, Daly, Diep, Eggman, Frazier, Friedman, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gloria, Gonzalez, Gray, Grayson, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager-Dove, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Limn, Low, Mathis, Mayes, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Obernolte, ODonnell, Patterson, Petrie-Norris, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Blanca Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Smith, Mark Stone, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wicks, and Wood)
February 20, 2019
Relative to Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 32, Flora. Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
This measure would designate March 2019 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in California.
This measure would designate March 2019 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in California.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
WHEREAS, Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths of Californians, with 14,400 new cases and 5,300 deaths that were expected in 2018; and
WHEREAS, Colorectal cancer is treatable, curable, and, in many cases, completely preventable; and
WHEREAS, When colorectal cancers are detected at an early stage, the survival rate is 92 percent; and
WHEREAS, Colorectal cancer is known as a silent killer because symptoms only show up in the later stages of the disease; and
WHEREAS, With proper screening, colorectal cancer can be prevented or, if found early, treated and cured; and
WHEREAS, In 2016, only 70.8 percent of California adults 50 years of age and older had received a sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, or fecal occult blood test (FOBT) to screen for colorectal cancer; and
WHEREAS, In California, colorectal cancer is the most common cancer among Korean and Kampuchean men, the second most common cancer among Hispanic, Japanese, South Asian, and Pacific Islander men, and the second most common cancer among Filipino, Hispanic, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Vietnamese, and Hmong women; and
WHEREAS, The California Colorectal Cancer Coalition (C4) is a nonprofit organization established to increase colorectal cancer screening rates in an effort to decrease mortality associated with the disease, and to implement strategies to reduce disparities in colorectal cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment among underserved populations in California; and
WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society. ACS CAN supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem; and
WHEREAS, C4 and ACS CAN encourage Californians to discuss the colorectal cancer screening test that is best for them with their doctors and believes that the best test is the one you have done now; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature designates the month of March 2019 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in California; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.