Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 82 CHAPTER 94 Relative to Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month and The Longest Day. [ Filed with Secretary of State June 25, 2019. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 82, Aguiar-Curry. Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month and The Longest Day. This measure would recognize the month of June 2019 as Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month and Friday, June 21, 2019, as The Longest Day, and would urge all Californians to commemorate the month of June 2019 as Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill TextWHEREAS, The month of June 2019 has been declared Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month to help educate the public on this debilitating disease and the need to increase efforts to combat its human and economic costs; andWHEREAS, The summer solstice, June 21, 2019, has been declared The Longest Day, with teams around the world coming together to honor the strength, passion, and endurance of people facing Alzheimers disease with a day of activity and advocacy; and WHEREAS, Alzheimers disease, a progressive neurodegenerative brain disorder, tragically robs individuals of their memories and leads to cognitive decline resulting in functional, emotional, and behavioral impairment; andWHEREAS, California has 670,000 residents living with Alzheimers disease, more than any other state in the nation, and the states population of residents living with Alzheimers disease is projected to grow by 25 percent in the next decade, devastating 840,000 individuals by 2025; andWHEREAS, Californias Medi-Cal program will spend $3,900,000,000 this year on skilled nursing care and home and community-based supports for beneficiaries living with Alzheimers disease, and that amount is expected to climb 32 percent between 2019 and 2025; andWHEREAS, Californians with dementia visit emergency departments more than 900,000 times per year and are readmitted to the hospital one out of five times after discharge; and WHEREAS, Alzheimers disease is always fatal, and it is the third leading cause of death in California today; andWHEREAS, Alzheimers disease is a family disease impacting 1,600,000 California spouses, partners, children, siblings, grandchildren, and other relatives who provide unpaid assistance to a loved one; andWHEREAS, California caregivers devote 1,800,000,000 hours of unpaid assistance to family members valued at over $23,000,000,000 in nongovernment financial support; andWHEREAS, Californias 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey found that 27.1 percent of people with memory problems in California live alone; andWHEREAS, African Americans, Latinx, and women are disproportionately impacted by Alzheimers disease and have higher prevalence rates than the general population; andWHEREAS, Disparities in detection and diagnosis persist resulting in less than 50 percent of individuals affected by the disease receiving a formal diagnosis that is disclosed to them by a clinician and documented in their medical record; andWHEREAS, On average, a person with Alzheimers disease lives 4 to 8 years after diagnosis, but may live as long as 20 years, depending on other factors; andWHEREAS, Age is the greatest risk factor for Alzheimers disease, which has no known cause, cure, or prevention; andWHEREAS, Californians invest in Alzheimers research through the voluntary tax check-off fund and have raised more than $25,000,000 since its inception for research into treatments to slow the progression of or cure the disease; andWHEREAS, Individuals living with Alzheimers disease and their caregivers need acknowledgment, support, and services to meet their needs over the lengthy progression of Alzheimers disease and related dementias; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes June 2019 as Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month and Friday, June 21, 2019, as The Longest Day, and urges all Californians to commemorate the month of June 2019 as Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month; and be it furtherResolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 82 CHAPTER 94 Relative to Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month and The Longest Day. [ Filed with Secretary of State June 25, 2019. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 82, Aguiar-Curry. Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month and The Longest Day. This measure would recognize the month of June 2019 as Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month and Friday, June 21, 2019, as The Longest Day, and would urge all Californians to commemorate the month of June 2019 as Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 82
CHAPTER 94
Relative to Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month and The Longest Day.
[ Filed with Secretary of State June 25, 2019. ]
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 82, Aguiar-Curry. Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month and The Longest Day.
This measure would recognize the month of June 2019 as Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month and Friday, June 21, 2019, as The Longest Day, and would urge all Californians to commemorate the month of June 2019 as Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month.
This measure would recognize the month of June 2019 as Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month and Friday, June 21, 2019, as The Longest Day, and would urge all Californians to commemorate the month of June 2019 as Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
WHEREAS, The month of June 2019 has been declared Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month to help educate the public on this debilitating disease and the need to increase efforts to combat its human and economic costs; and
WHEREAS, The summer solstice, June 21, 2019, has been declared The Longest Day, with teams around the world coming together to honor the strength, passion, and endurance of people facing Alzheimers disease with a day of activity and advocacy; and
WHEREAS, Alzheimers disease, a progressive neurodegenerative brain disorder, tragically robs individuals of their memories and leads to cognitive decline resulting in functional, emotional, and behavioral impairment; and
WHEREAS, California has 670,000 residents living with Alzheimers disease, more than any other state in the nation, and the states population of residents living with Alzheimers disease is projected to grow by 25 percent in the next decade, devastating 840,000 individuals by 2025; and
WHEREAS, Californias Medi-Cal program will spend $3,900,000,000 this year on skilled nursing care and home and community-based supports for beneficiaries living with Alzheimers disease, and that amount is expected to climb 32 percent between 2019 and 2025; and
WHEREAS, Californians with dementia visit emergency departments more than 900,000 times per year and are readmitted to the hospital one out of five times after discharge; and
WHEREAS, Alzheimers disease is always fatal, and it is the third leading cause of death in California today; and
WHEREAS, Alzheimers disease is a family disease impacting 1,600,000 California spouses, partners, children, siblings, grandchildren, and other relatives who provide unpaid assistance to a loved one; and
WHEREAS, California caregivers devote 1,800,000,000 hours of unpaid assistance to family members valued at over $23,000,000,000 in nongovernment financial support; and
WHEREAS, Californias 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey found that 27.1 percent of people with memory problems in California live alone; and
WHEREAS, African Americans, Latinx, and women are disproportionately impacted by Alzheimers disease and have higher prevalence rates than the general population; and
WHEREAS, Disparities in detection and diagnosis persist resulting in less than 50 percent of individuals affected by the disease receiving a formal diagnosis that is disclosed to them by a clinician and documented in their medical record; and
WHEREAS, On average, a person with Alzheimers disease lives 4 to 8 years after diagnosis, but may live as long as 20 years, depending on other factors; and
WHEREAS, Age is the greatest risk factor for Alzheimers disease, which has no known cause, cure, or prevention; and
WHEREAS, Californians invest in Alzheimers research through the voluntary tax check-off fund and have raised more than $25,000,000 since its inception for research into treatments to slow the progression of or cure the disease; and
WHEREAS, Individuals living with Alzheimers disease and their caregivers need acknowledgment, support, and services to meet their needs over the lengthy progression of Alzheimers disease and related dementias; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes June 2019 as Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month and Friday, June 21, 2019, as The Longest Day, and urges all Californians to commemorate the month of June 2019 as Alzheimers and Brain Awareness Month; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.