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CA ACR213

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

8/8/2022

Primary Sponsor

Akilah Weber Pierson

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Origin

State Assembly

2021-2022 Session

AI Summary

  • Proclaims the week of August 1-7, 2022, as California HPV Vaccine Week to increase awareness of HPV vaccine as a cancer prevention tool
  • Promotes vaccination of adolescents ages 9-13 throughout California with a goal to increase HPV vaccine series initiation to 90 percent and completion to 80 percent by 2025
  • Notes that HPV vaccination completion in California reached only 62.3 percent prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, falling short of the national 80 percent goal
  • Urges health providers and community members to help California adolescents catch up on routine vaccinations, particularly the HPV vaccine
  • References that over 270,000,000 HPV vaccine doses have been administered worldwide with confirmed safety and evidence preventing six types of cancer

Legislative Description

California HPV Vaccine Week.

Last Action

In Senate. To Com. on RLS.

8/9/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules8/9/2022
Rules8/4/2022

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