Bill Text: CA SCR7 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Celiac Disease Awareness Month.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-6)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 19, Statutes of 2011. [SCR7 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SCR7-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 7	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 8, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Huff
   (Coauthors: Senators Dutton, Fuller, and Harman)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members  Achadjian,  Allen, Block,
Blumenfield, Donnelly, Fletcher,  Gorell,   Huffman,
 Jeffries, Portantino, and Williams)

                        FEBRUARY 1, 2011

   Relative to celiac disease.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 7, as amended, Huff. Celiac Disease Awareness Month.
   This measure would proclaim the month of May 2011 as Celiac
Disease Awareness Month to promote statewide awareness of celiac
disease.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, Celiac disease is a genetic autoimmune disease that
affects one in 133 people in the United States; and
   WHEREAS, An estimated 3 million Americans have celiac disease, yet
97 percent of these cases are undiagnosed and the average delay in
diagnosis is nine years; and
   WHEREAS, It is estimated that first degree relatives of people
with celiac disease have a one in 22 chance of developing celiac
disease and second degree relatives have a one in 39 chance; and
   WHEREAS, Celiac disease is triggered by consumption of the protein
gluten, which is found in foods that contain wheat, rye, or barley;
and
   WHEREAS, When a person with celiac disease consumes food
containing gluten, an immune reaction occurs in their small intestine
that damages the tiny projections, called villi, that line the
intestinal wall and prevents them from effectively absorbing
nutrients; and
   WHEREAS, If left untreated, celiac disease can lead to
malnutrition, vitamin deficiencies, loss of calcium, osteoporosis,
lactose intolerance, infertility, certain forms of cancer, and
neurological complications; and
   WHEREAS, There is no cure  or   and no 
known cause for celiac disease, and the only treatment is close
adherence to a gluten-free diet so that the intestine may heal; and
   WHEREAS, Celiac disease affects an equal percentage of men and
women and can occur in people of all ages; and
   WHEREAS, Celiac disease is more commonly found in people who have
autoimmune thyroid disease, Down syndrome, and microscopic colitis
 ; and in   . In  diagnosed type I
diabetics, 8 to 10 percent also have celiac disease; and
   WHEREAS, Celiac disease is associated with autoimmune disorders
such as lupus, Addison's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, Turner
syndrome, Sjögren's syndrome, and liver disease, and other disorders
such as Williams syndrome, Down syndrome, and fibromyalgia; and
   WHEREAS, Organizations such as the Celiac Disease Foundation
provide support to people with celiac disease through awareness,
education, advocacy, and research programs and provide scholarships
to celiac children to attend gluten-free summer camps; and
   WHEREAS, Increased awareness of celiac disease will positively
impact the lives of those with the disease and promote early
detection in children so that they can be started on a gluten-free
diet; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims the month
of May 2011 as Celiac Disease Awareness Month and wishes to promote
statewide awareness of celiac disease; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Celiac Disease Foundation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.