BILL NUMBER: SCR 73	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 28, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 11, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2010

   Relative to the California Task Force on Youth and Workplace
Wellness.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 73, as amended, DeSaulnier. California Task Force on Youth and
Workplace Wellness.
   This measure would continue the existence and set forth the
membership of the California Task Force on Youth and Workplace
Wellness, to perform duties to promote fitness and health in schools
and workplaces. It would permit the task force to accept private
funds and in-kind donations, require the task force to submit a
report on its work to the Legislature on or before June 30, 2012, and
provide that the task force would cease to exist on July 1, 2014,
unless its existence is extended by a later enacted resolution.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, The State of California is currently facing a growing
obesity crisis in which 58.8 percent of all adults are overweight and
 less than 70   fewer than 40  percent of
children in grades 5, 7, and 9  did not pass  
passed  a physical performance test known as the Fitnessgram;
and
   WHEREAS, Healthy workplace and school environments can greatly
enhance the quality of life for California workers, children and
their families, increase morale, prevent illness, and enhance
productivity of California businesses and students; and
   WHEREAS, Corporate America traditionally overlooks the importance
of employee well-being in relation to the work environment; and
   WHEREAS, California's schools often present a model of eating and
activity that is incongruent with the healthy habits encouraged in
health, nutrition, and physical education; and
   WHEREAS, Californians' obesity and overweight rates are leading to
an epidemic of Type II Diabetes (formerly known as Adult Onset
Diabetes) among children and adults, with projections that one in
three children born in 2006 will contract the disease; and
   WHEREAS, The current rates of overweight, inactivity, obesity, and
diabetes are costing California over 41 billion dollars each year in
health costs and lost productivity; and
   WHEREAS, A legislative task force is necessary to provide a
framework and support to help California companies enhance employee
wellness programs as a long-term health solution; and
   WHEREAS, A legislative task force is necessary to provide a
framework and support to California's schools in order to create
healthier education environments; and
   WHEREAS, The California Task Force on Youth and Workplace Wellness
was established in the 2001-02 Regular Session of the Legislature by
SCR 40 and SCR 99, and continued in the 2005-06 Regular Session of
the Legislature by SCR 73, to promote fitness and health in the
Legislature, schools, and workplaces; and
   WHEREAS, The California Task Force on Youth and Workplace Wellness
has successfully elevated the profile of fitness in the California
Legislature, in schools and workplaces statewide, and has developed
projects such as the Physical Education Research for Kids project and
the California Fit Business Award to continue encouraging healthy
eating and activity environments for all Californians; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the California Task Force on Youth and
Workplace Wellness is hereby continued to promote fitness and health
in the Legislature, schools, and workplaces; and be it further
   Resolved, That the task force shall be comprised of Members of the
Legislature and experts as follows:
   (a) The task force shall have 20 voting members, with additional
advisory members and alternates as requested or needed.
   (b) The Speaker of the Assembly shall appoint two Members from the
Assembly, and the Senate Committee on Rules shall appoint two
Members from the Senate. Additionally, both the Speaker of the
Assembly and the Senate Committee on Rules shall each appoint
alternate members from the Assembly and from the Senate.
   (c) Additionally, both the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate
Committee on Rules shall each appoint members, from each of the
following categories:
   (1) Two members from the field of education.
   (2) Two members from the field of industry or business.
   (3) Two members from the field of health.
   (4) One member from the field of fitness.
   (d) Two "youth representatives" and two alternates between the
ages of 15 and 19 shall be appointed by the foregoing members of the
task force and approved by the task force chair, for one-year terms,
concurrent with the academic school year; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Members of the Legislature who serve on the
task force shall serve only to the extent that their service is
consistent with their duties as Members of the Legislature; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Senate Committee on Rules shall name the chair
of the task force; and be it further
   Resolved, That members of the task force appointed by the Senate
Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall serve at the
pleasure of the appointing power; and be it further
   Resolved, That the members of the task force shall conduct the
business of the task force on a volunteer basis and shall not receive
a salary for services nor be reimbursed for travel and other
expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as task force
members; and be it further
   Resolved, That the task force shall have all of the following
duties:
   (a) To meet twice a year to discuss strategies. The task force
shall strive to generate media and public interest in the activities
of the task force and its annual meetings in a manner that elevates
the importance of healthy and fit schools and workplaces in the minds
of all Californians.
   (b) To support the existing task force Internet Web site, and to
publicize the task force mission statement and inform visitors of
resources available to California citizens, schools, and companies.
Features shall include a library of wellness tips, educational tools,
examples of successful school and corporate wellness programs,
including individual success stories, and biographies of task force
members.
   (c) To generate media and legislative attention for the task force
and increase awareness of wellness issues.
   (d) To submit a report on the work of the task force to the
Legislature on or before June 30, 2012; and be it further
   Resolved, That the task force shall create two subcommittees, one
on youth wellness, and another on corporate wellness, to specialize
work and expertise. Other subcommittees may be created as the members
of the task force deem appropriate. Each subcommittee shall report
on its work and findings to the entire task force; and be it further
   Resolved, That the task force is authorized to accept private
funds and in-kind donations to pay expenses incurred in conducting
its business. These expenses include, but are not limited to, staff,
administrative, meeting, and publication expenses; and be it further
   Resolved, That the task force shall cease to exist on July 1,
2014, unless a later enacted resolution that is enacted before that
date deletes or extends that date.