SCR 50: International Midwives’ Day.
- Session Year: 2019-2020
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2019-06-14
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| Jun 14, 2019 | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 86, Statutes of 2019. |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 3 p.m. |
| Jun 6, 2019 | In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
| Jun 6, 2019 | Read. Adopted. Ordered to the Senate. |
| Jun 3, 2019 | From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 3). |
| May 30, 2019 | Referred to Com. on RLS. |
| May 20, 2019 | In Assembly. Held at Desk. |
| May 21, 2019 | In Assembly. Held at Desk. |
| May 20, 2019 | Read. Adopted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. |
| May 15, 2019 | From committee: Ordered to third reading. |
| May 14, 2019 | Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS. |
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| Jun 6, 2019 | SCR 50 Skinner Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session | Assembly Floor |
Passed |
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| Jun 3, 2019 | Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. | Assembly Standing Committee on Rules |
Passed |
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| May 20, 2019 | Senate 3rd Reading SCR50 Skinner et al. | Senate Floor |
Passed |
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Date of Hearing: June 3, 2019
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Ken Cooley, Chair
SBPCA Bill Id:SCR 50
Author:(Skinner) – As Introduced Ver:May 14, 2019
SENATE VOTE: 38-0
SUBJECT: International Midwives’ Day.
SUMMARY: Recognizes May 5, 2019, as International Midwives’ Day. Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative findings:
- Midwives save lives; well-trained midwives may help avert nearly two-thirds of all maternal and newborn deaths, according to the United Nations Population Fund’s reference to the most recent State of the World’s Midwifery report.
- Midwives do not only deliver babies, but also provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, and they assume a critical role in promoting health within communities. Midwives also provide family planning services and counseling, and they can perform breast and cervical cancer screenings.
- Midwives, if authorized by their countries, additionally can perform basic emergency obstetric care, and in humanitarian crises and emergencies can help implement the minimum initial services package needed for reproductive health care services.
- Midwives also do much to advance the human rights of women and girls; by providing information and counseling, they can help prevent female genital mutilation; they also can offer support and assistance to survivors of gender-based violence, and they can provide reproductive health services to adolescents who are often denied access to these services at great expense to their health and rights.
- Midwives, when they are properly trained and supported, provide one of the most cost-effective and culturally sensitive ways of achieving universal health care; yet, midwives are in such short supply in many developing countries, and often lack the skills and a supportive environment in which to perform their jobs well; and the deficits in midwives are highest in the areas where the needs are the greatest.
- Many challenges exist to increasing the supply of midwifery services; despite the enormous responsibilities they assume, midwives—who are overwhelmingly women—often endure poor pay, low status, and a lack of support.
- International Midwives’ Day serves to remind us all that midwives do save lives, prevent maternal and newborn deaths, avert complications and preventable deaths and illnesses, and advanced human rights.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by: Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
Office of Senate Floor Analyses (916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) 327-4478 | SCR 50 |
THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 50
Introduced: 5/14/19
SUBJECT: International Midwives’ Day
DIGEST:
This resolution recognizes May 5, 2019, as International Midwives’ Day.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative findings:
- Midwives save lives; well-trained midwives may help avert nearly two-thirds of all maternal and newborn deaths, according to the United Nations Population Fund’s reference to the most recent State of the World’s Midwifery report.
- Midwives do not only deliver babies, but also provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, and they assume a critical role in promoting health within communities.
- Midwives, as members of their communities, also provide culturally sensitive care that is likely to have more of a lasting impact on those that they serve.
- Midwives, and those with midwifery skills, are the primary caregivers for women and their children during pregnancy, labor, childbirth, and in the postdelivery period.
- Midwives also provide family planning services and counseling, and they can perform breast and cervical cancer screenings.
- Midwives, if authorized by their countries, additionally can perform basic emergency obstetric care, and in humanitarian crises and emergencies can help implement the minimum initial services package needed for reproductive health care services.
- Many challenges exist to increasing the supply of midwifery services; despite the enormous responsibilities they assume, midwives-who are overwhelmingly women-often endure poor pay, low status, and a lack of support.
This resolution recognizes May 5, 2019, as International Midwives’ Day.
Related/Prior Legislation
SCR 50 (Skinner, Resolution Chapter 86, Statutes of 2017) recognized May 5, 2017, as International Midwives’ Day.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local: No
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified 5/14/19)
None received
Prepared by: Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
5/15/19 14:52:47
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