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2018 Sacramento ACS CAN Policy Reception in Honor of Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula, MD
... Library Galleria in downtown Sacramento in honoring Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula, MD, Chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services. Assemblymember Arambula has been a champion on health care and a defender of Proposition 56 revenues being spent as intended by the voters. In addition to honoring Assemblymember Arambula, this event ...
Cancer Awareness Day at the Capitol
... volunteers touched by cancer came together to call on the California Legislature to listen to their stories, hear their voices and act on public health policies that will put an end to cancer as we know it. This year, cancer patients and survivors will also celebrate their successful efforts ... Cancer advocates asked their legislators to support the following bills this session: Give chronically ill patients easier access to palliative care – Senate Bill 294 would update current law to allow hospice agencies to provide palliative care services to patients who are not on hospice. ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...
Cancer Advocates Release 2016 Legislative Scorecard
... legislative actions on the tobacco bills brought a halt to the tobacco industry’s lobbying influence that had blocked progress on key public health legislation for 20 years. The legislation, signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in May 2016, will help prevent youth from a lifetime ... of cancer policy issues and holds lawmakers accountable for their voting record in the following cancer-related issue areas: Access to care Awareness and disparities Environment ... affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports evidence-based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. ACS CAN works to encourage elected officials and candidates to make cancer a top national priority. ACS CAN gives ordinary people ...