CA ACR74

Expresses Legislature's desire to develop a viable public umbilical cord banking system ensuring all races and ethnicities have equal probability of finding a tissue match when medically necessary

Supports research conducted with umbilical cord blood units collected for public use that are unsuitable for transplantation

Acknowledges public umbilical cord banks have provided approximately 95 percent of the 20,000 transplants performed to date and serve patients who cannot afford private banking

Notes current public inventory is genetically deficient in specific ethnic, racial, and multiracial groups, requiring targeted collection efforts from underrepresented populations

Directs the Chief Clerk of the Assembly to transmit resolution copies to the State Department of Public Health and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine