Bill Text: CA SCR13 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: American Heart Month and Wear Red Day in California.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-04-14 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 22, Statutes of 2015. [SCR13 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SCR13-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 13	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  22
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  APRIL 14, 2015
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 5, 2015
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 29, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Jackson
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Cristina Garcia)

                        JANUARY 22, 2015

   Relative to American Heart Month and Wear Red Day in California.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 13, Jackson. American Heart Month and Wear Red Day in
California.
   This measure would recognize the month of February 2015 as
American Heart Month in California and February 6, 2015, as Wear Red
Day in California in order to raise awareness of the importance of
the ongoing fight against heart disease and stroke.




   WHEREAS, Heart disease is the number one killer of women, yet 80
percent of cardiac events can be prevented; and
   WHEREAS, Cardiovascular disease is the cause of death of one in
three women who die each year, approximately one woman every minute;
and
   WHEREAS, The American Heart Association is celebrating February
2015 as American Heart Month and promoting education and awareness by
encouraging citizens to learn the warning signs of heart attack and
stroke; and
   WHEREAS, The American Heart Association's 2020 impact goal seeks
to improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20 percent
while reducing deaths from cardiovascular disease and stroke by 20
percent through research, population- and community-level
interventions, and public health and policy measures; and
   WHEREAS, An estimated 44 million women in the United States are
affected by cardiovascular disease; and
   WHEREAS, Ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for
developing heart disease, yet only one in five American women
believe that heart disease is her greatest health threat; and
   WHEREAS, Since 1984, more women than men have died each year from
heart disease; and
   WHEREAS, Women comprise only 24 percent of participants in all
heart-disease-related studies; and
   WHEREAS, Women are less likely to call 911 for themselves when
experiencing symptoms of a heart attack than they are if someone else
were having a heart attack; and
   WHEREAS, Only 43 percent of African American women and only 44
percent of Hispanic women know that heart disease is their greatest
health risk, compared with 60 percent of Caucasian women; and
   WHEREAS, According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, heart disease and stroke account for 31.7 percent of all
female deaths in California; and
   WHEREAS, Research conducted by the federal Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention in 2010 found that, on average, almost 100
women die from heart disease and stroke in California each day; and
   WHEREAS, Women involved with the American Heart Association's Go
Red For Women movement live healthier lives. Nearly 90 percent have
made at least one healthy behavior change; and
   WHEREAS, Go Red For Women is asking all Americans to Go Red by
wearing red and speaking red. Get your numbers: ask your doctor to
check your blood pressure and cholesterol. Own your lifestyle: stop
smoking, lose weight, exercise, and eat healthy. Realize your risk:
educate your family, make healthy food choices for you and your
family, and teach your kids the importance of staying active. Don't
be silent: tell all women you know that heart disease is their number
one killer; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the month of
February 2015 as American Heart Month in California in order to raise
awareness of the importance of the ongoing fight against heart
disease and stroke; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes February 6, 2015, as
Wear Red Day in California, and urges all citizens to show their
support of women and the fight against heart disease by commemorating
this day by wearing the color red; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature urges public support for Go Red For
Women events planned in California during American Heart Month; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.