參議員 Yee 關於 SCR 1012 的聲明

參議員 Yee 關於 Kimberly 的 SCR 1012 的聲明...

SCR 1012 is a pro-Asian resolution brought to my office by an Asian advocacy group called Asian Pacific Community in Action and has been supported by numerous leaders and medical doctors in the Asian American community in Arizona. The intention of Senate Concurrent Resolution 1012 (SCR 1012) is to bring awareness to the different needs and requirements of ethnic minority communities, and specifically the unique health requirements within the different segments of Asian Americans living in Arizona. As many of us know, 揂sian-American?is often an all-encompassing term for what is a very large community representing more than 50 ethnic backgrounds and more than 100 different languages.

正如目前所做的那樣，對所有亞裔美國人和太平洋島民的健康數據進行分組可能會隱藏亞組之間的真正差異。例如，糖尿病的發生率有顯著差異。當所有數據結合起來時，它隱藏了菲律賓、印度和薩摩亞社區的高糖尿病發病率。如果社區及其醫療服務提供者不知道這些高發病率，患者可能會繼續不知情，並可能因病情而遭受可預防的醫療併發症。沒有社區希望看到健康狀況和死亡率不斷下降。

Last year, a request for legislation was brought forward by the advocacy group Asian Pacific Community in Action whose membership is made of a diverse group of Asians from across Arizona whose goal is to 搈eet the health related needs of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander individuals and families residing in Arizona.?They found availability of highly-detailed health information would allow for a more accurate and targeted approach to address each specific communities?health care and societal needs.

Due to the costs of implementing such a program, and the State抯 current budget constraints, it was concluded that the best way to move forward was to make these concerns known through an SCR. SCRs are not 慴ills?but are commonly used to bring awareness to an important topic.

此 SCR 提出了研究此問題的建議，但沒有任何要求。我長期以來一直倡導資料隱私，並發起並通過了增強個人資料隱私的法案。該 SCR 揭示了影響我們亞洲社區的重要公共衛生訊息。今後不會採取任何不考慮所需的州和聯邦健康和隱私法的行動。