| 1 | 1 | | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 120Introduced by Senator Ochoa Bogh(Coauthors: Senators Caballero, Cortese, Limn, and Skinner)August 01, 2022 Relative to Breastfeeding Awareness Month of 2022. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSCR 120, as introduced, Ochoa Bogh. Breastfeeding Awareness Month of 2022.This measure would proclaim August 2022 as Breastfeeding Awareness Month of 2022 in California. The measure would recognize the unique benefits that breastfeeding provides, as specified, and would affirm that Californians should work to ensure that barriers to initiation and continuation of breastfeeding are removed. The measure would encourage Californians to work together to explore ways to, among other things, improve womens access to breastfeeding support services in medical, social, and employment settings.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill TextWHEREAS, Breastfeeding is an issue of great importance to women, infants, their families, and their physicians and is, therefore, of interest to the Legislature; andWHEREAS, It is the first food system that, as babies, many humans are introduced to and sustained by; andWHEREAS, The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, and the World Health Organization recommend that babies be exclusively breastfed for the first six month of age and continue to be breastfed for the following six months, along with nutritious complementary foods; andWHEREAS, In January 2011, the United States Surgeon General announced a Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding that identifies barriers to optimal breastfeeding in health care practices, employment, communities, research, public health infrastructure, and social networks, while also recommending methods in which families, communities, employers, and health care professionals could help to eliminate those barriers to improve breastfeeding rates and increase support for breastfeeding; and WHEREAS, Research shows that human milk and breastfeeding provide advantages to general health, growth, and development while significantly decreasing the risk of a large number of acute and chronic diseases, including, among others, sudden infant death syndrome, asthma, allergies, diabetes, viral and bacterial infections, childhood obesity, childhood leukemia, necrotizing enterocolitis, and infant mortality; andWHEREAS, Mothers who breastfeed have a decreased risk of breast, uterine, and ovarian cancer, postpartum depression, and osteoporosis later in life; andWHEREAS, The nutrients exclusive to human milk are vital to the growth, development, and maintenance of the human brain and cannot be manufactured; andWHEREAS, Breastfeeding has positive economic impacts on families by decreasing the need to pay for medical care for a sick infant and by eliminating the need to purchase infant formula; andWHEREAS, The health benefits to breastfed children and their mothers result in lower health care costs for employers, less employee time off to care for sick children, and higher productivity and employee loyalty; andWHEREAS, Employers, employees, and society benefit by supporting a mothers decision to breastfeed and by helping to reduce the obstacles to initiating and continuing breastfeeding; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims the month of August 2022 as Breastfeeding Awareness Month of 2022 in California; and be it furtherResolved, That the Legislature recognizes the unique health, economic, and societal benefits that breastfeeding provides to babies, mothers, families, and the community as a whole and affirms that Californians should work to ensure that barriers to initiation and continuation of breastfeeding are removed; and be it furtherResolved, That the Legislature encourages Californians to work together to explore ways to improve womens access to breastfeeding support services in medical, social, and employment settings, to facilitate increased awareness and education about breastfeeding, to explore and encourage the use of breastfeeding supports, and to improve the availability of effective breastfeeding resources and community support services; and be it furtherResolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution. |
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| 3 | 3 | | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 120Introduced by Senator Ochoa Bogh(Coauthors: Senators Caballero, Cortese, Limn, and Skinner)August 01, 2022 Relative to Breastfeeding Awareness Month of 2022. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSCR 120, as introduced, Ochoa Bogh. Breastfeeding Awareness Month of 2022.This measure would proclaim August 2022 as Breastfeeding Awareness Month of 2022 in California. The measure would recognize the unique benefits that breastfeeding provides, as specified, and would affirm that Californians should work to ensure that barriers to initiation and continuation of breastfeeding are removed. The measure would encourage Californians to work together to explore ways to, among other things, improve womens access to breastfeeding support services in medical, social, and employment settings.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO |
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| 9 | 9 | | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION |
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| 11 | 11 | | Senate Concurrent Resolution |
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| 13 | 13 | | No. 120 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Introduced by Senator Ochoa Bogh(Coauthors: Senators Caballero, Cortese, Limn, and Skinner)August 01, 2022 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced by Senator Ochoa Bogh(Coauthors: Senators Caballero, Cortese, Limn, and Skinner) |
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| 18 | 18 | | August 01, 2022 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Relative to Breastfeeding Awareness Month of 2022. |
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| 22 | 22 | | LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST |
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| 24 | 24 | | ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST |
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| 26 | 26 | | SCR 120, as introduced, Ochoa Bogh. Breastfeeding Awareness Month of 2022. |
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| 28 | 28 | | This measure would proclaim August 2022 as Breastfeeding Awareness Month of 2022 in California. The measure would recognize the unique benefits that breastfeeding provides, as specified, and would affirm that Californians should work to ensure that barriers to initiation and continuation of breastfeeding are removed. The measure would encourage Californians to work together to explore ways to, among other things, improve womens access to breastfeeding support services in medical, social, and employment settings. |
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| 30 | 30 | | This measure would proclaim August 2022 as Breastfeeding Awareness Month of 2022 in California. The measure would recognize the unique benefits that breastfeeding provides, as specified, and would affirm that Californians should work to ensure that barriers to initiation and continuation of breastfeeding are removed. The measure would encourage Californians to work together to explore ways to, among other things, improve womens access to breastfeeding support services in medical, social, and employment settings. |
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| 32 | 32 | | ## Digest Key |
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| 34 | 34 | | ## Bill Text |
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| 36 | 36 | | WHEREAS, Breastfeeding is an issue of great importance to women, infants, their families, and their physicians and is, therefore, of interest to the Legislature; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | WHEREAS, It is the first food system that, as babies, many humans are introduced to and sustained by; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | WHEREAS, The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, and the World Health Organization recommend that babies be exclusively breastfed for the first six month of age and continue to be breastfed for the following six months, along with nutritious complementary foods; and |
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| 42 | 42 | | WHEREAS, In January 2011, the United States Surgeon General announced a Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding that identifies barriers to optimal breastfeeding in health care practices, employment, communities, research, public health infrastructure, and social networks, while also recommending methods in which families, communities, employers, and health care professionals could help to eliminate those barriers to improve breastfeeding rates and increase support for breastfeeding; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | WHEREAS, Research shows that human milk and breastfeeding provide advantages to general health, growth, and development while significantly decreasing the risk of a large number of acute and chronic diseases, including, among others, sudden infant death syndrome, asthma, allergies, diabetes, viral and bacterial infections, childhood obesity, childhood leukemia, necrotizing enterocolitis, and infant mortality; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | WHEREAS, Mothers who breastfeed have a decreased risk of breast, uterine, and ovarian cancer, postpartum depression, and osteoporosis later in life; and |
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| 48 | 48 | | WHEREAS, The nutrients exclusive to human milk are vital to the growth, development, and maintenance of the human brain and cannot be manufactured; and |
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| 50 | 50 | | WHEREAS, Breastfeeding has positive economic impacts on families by decreasing the need to pay for medical care for a sick infant and by eliminating the need to purchase infant formula; and |
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| 52 | 52 | | WHEREAS, The health benefits to breastfed children and their mothers result in lower health care costs for employers, less employee time off to care for sick children, and higher productivity and employee loyalty; and |
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| 54 | 54 | | WHEREAS, Employers, employees, and society benefit by supporting a mothers decision to breastfeed and by helping to reduce the obstacles to initiating and continuing breastfeeding; now, therefore, be it |
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| 56 | 56 | | Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims the month of August 2022 as Breastfeeding Awareness Month of 2022 in California; and be it further |
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| 58 | 58 | | Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes the unique health, economic, and societal benefits that breastfeeding provides to babies, mothers, families, and the community as a whole and affirms that Californians should work to ensure that barriers to initiation and continuation of breastfeeding are removed; and be it further |
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| 60 | 60 | | Resolved, That the Legislature encourages Californians to work together to explore ways to improve womens access to breastfeeding support services in medical, social, and employment settings, to facilitate increased awareness and education about breastfeeding, to explore and encourage the use of breastfeeding supports, and to improve the availability of effective breastfeeding resources and community support services; and be it further |
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| 62 | 62 | | Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution. |
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