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CA AR37
Resolution
Status
8/7/2012
Primary Sponsor
Jerry Hill
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AI Summary
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Encourages acute care hospitals to participate in free umbilical cord blood and cord tissue collection programs to maximize potential medical benefits from cord blood therapies
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Encourages hospitals to offer parents the option to store their child's umbilical cord blood and cord tissue at no cost for potential future therapeutic use as treatments become medically available
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Recognizes umbilical cord blood's use in treating over 80 medical conditions including blood cancers, genetic disorders, sickle cell anemia, and thalassemias, with ongoing FDA-approved clinical trials for additional applications
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Notes seven California hospitals already operate umbilical cord blood collection programs through contracts with accredited banks that provide collection kits, processing, and staff training
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Directs the Chief Clerk to transmit copies to the State Department of Public Health and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Legislative Description
Relative to umbilical cord blood banking.
Last Action
Amended. Ordered to third reading. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6750.) Read. Adopted. (Page 6763.).
8/31/2012