CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 44Introduced by Senator Atkins(Coauthor: Senator Pan)May 10, 2021 Relative to Hospital Week. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSCR 44, as introduced, Atkins. Hospital Week.This measure would declare that the Legislature recognizes the week of May 9, 2021, to May 15, 2021, inclusive, as Hospital Week, and would recognize the life-saving contributions of hospitals in this state during the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill TextWHEREAS, The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) public health emergency struck the State of California with great impact, leading to more than 4 million diagnoses, 62,000 deaths, and massive closures of significant sectors of the states economy; andWHEREAS, Californias more than 400 hospitals were called upon to quickly respond to COVID-19. Those hospitals responded by converting physical space, suspending nonessential procedures, purchasing mass quantities of personal protective equipment, hiring additional staff, and establishing new ways to move and care for patients; andWHEREAS, Californias hospitals and health care workers provided care to more than 307,000 people diagnosed with COVID-19, and they have saved hundreds of thousands of lives; andWHEREAS, Californias hospitals also made significant investments to care for their workforce and communities beyond the need for clinical care, including providing childcare services, housing, and broad support programs, which tended to the mental and emotional well-being of those individuals on the front lines; andWHEREAS, The state recognizes the special place hospitals and health care workers have in California as a cornerstone of our health care system as these hospitals and health care workers tend to the sickest, most vulnerable residents; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the week of May 9, 2021, to May 15, 2021, inclusive, as Hospital Week, and recognizes the life-saving contributions of hospitals and health care workers during the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis; and be it furtherResolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 44Introduced by Senator Atkins(Coauthor: Senator Pan)May 10, 2021 Relative to Hospital Week. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSCR 44, as introduced, Atkins. Hospital Week.This measure would declare that the Legislature recognizes the week of May 9, 2021, to May 15, 2021, inclusive, as Hospital Week, and would recognize the life-saving contributions of hospitals in this state during the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 44
Introduced by Senator Atkins(Coauthor: Senator Pan)May 10, 2021
Introduced by Senator Atkins(Coauthor: Senator Pan)
May 10, 2021
Relative to Hospital Week.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 44, as introduced, Atkins. Hospital Week.
This measure would declare that the Legislature recognizes the week of May 9, 2021, to May 15, 2021, inclusive, as Hospital Week, and would recognize the life-saving contributions of hospitals in this state during the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic.
This measure would declare that the Legislature recognizes the week of May 9, 2021, to May 15, 2021, inclusive, as Hospital Week, and would recognize the life-saving contributions of hospitals in this state during the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
WHEREAS, The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) public health emergency struck the State of California with great impact, leading to more than 4 million diagnoses, 62,000 deaths, and massive closures of significant sectors of the states economy; and
WHEREAS, Californias more than 400 hospitals were called upon to quickly respond to COVID-19. Those hospitals responded by converting physical space, suspending nonessential procedures, purchasing mass quantities of personal protective equipment, hiring additional staff, and establishing new ways to move and care for patients; and
WHEREAS, Californias hospitals and health care workers provided care to more than 307,000 people diagnosed with COVID-19, and they have saved hundreds of thousands of lives; and
WHEREAS, Californias hospitals also made significant investments to care for their workforce and communities beyond the need for clinical care, including providing childcare services, housing, and broad support programs, which tended to the mental and emotional well-being of those individuals on the front lines; and
WHEREAS, The state recognizes the special place hospitals and health care workers have in California as a cornerstone of our health care system as these hospitals and health care workers tend to the sickest, most vulnerable residents; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the week of May 9, 2021, to May 15, 2021, inclusive, as Hospital Week, and recognizes the life-saving contributions of hospitals and health care workers during the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.