THIRD READING

Bill No: ACR 172

Author: Hadley (R), et al.

Amended: 5/9/16 in Assembly

Vote: 21

ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 5/9/16

SUBJECT: Bone Marrow Donation Awareness Month

SOURCE: Author

This resolution designates the month of May 2016 as Bone Marrow Donation Awareness Month.

ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative findings:

Since 1987, when the United States Congress authorized the establishment of a national registry of volunteer bone marrow donors, the National Marrow Donor Program, now publicly known as Be The Match, has facilitated more than 74,000 marrow and umbilical cord blood transplants.
One of the leading hurdles cited in a report by the Government Accountability Office is locating a suitably matched, unrelated donor, a process that is often difficult, time-consuming, and costly.
Seventy percent of patients do not have a donor in their family and rely upon the national registry to find a match.
There is a need to enhance the understanding of the importance of bone marrow donation, and to encourage Californians to participate in bone marrow donation drives.
The most prevalent problem with respect to bone marrow donation is the need for racially and ethnically diverse donors because of complex tissue types.
There is a need to engage the public to increase diversity in the registry, with the goal of finding a matching donor for all patients to receive the transplant they need, when they need it.

This resolution designates the month of May 2016 as Bone Marrow Donation Awareness Month.

Prior Legislation

ACR 122 (Beth Gaines, Resolution Chapter 44, Statutes of 2014) designated the month of May 2014 as Bone Marrow Donation Awareness Month.

FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No

SUPPORT: (Verified 5/16/16)

Be The Match

Blood Centers of California

OPPOSITION: (Verified 5/16/16)

None received

Prepared by: Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520

5/18/16 16:21:40

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