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SCR 20

Recognizing and commending NCSL on its 50th anniversary

2025 Regular Session

Designates February 2025 as Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Awareness Month to raise public and professional awareness of PPCM, its symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment.

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Bill Summary · SCR 20

Summary — SCR 20 (Concurrent Resolution)

Note: the file package contains inconsistent headings. Although the initial title mentions a nutrition memorial to USDA, the actual text and legislative digest provided are for a concurrent resolution designating February 2025 as Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Awareness Month. This summary treats the operative text in the documents (the awareness-month resolution).

Purpose and intent

SCR 20 proclaims February 2025 as Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM) Awareness Month. Its stated intent is to raise public and professional awareness about PPCM — a form of heart failure occurring late in pregnancy or within five months postpartum — including symptoms, risk factors, diagnostic criteria, and treatment/recovery outlook.

Key provisions

  • Officially proclaims February 2025 as Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Awareness Month.
  • Calls for the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies of the resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
  • Contains an accompanying series of legislative "whereas" findings that summarize:
    • Definition and timing of PPCM.
    • Incidence estimates (from 1 in 100–300 in geographic hot spots to 1 in 1,000–4,000 in Europe and the U.S., per New England Journal of Medicine).
    • That cardiomyopathy accounted for about 9% of pregnancy-related deaths (2017–2019, CDC).
    • Typical symptoms that can mimic normal pregnancy (shortness of breath, nocturnal urination, palpitations, swelling, lightheadedness) and a potential red-flag of rapid weight gain (~3+ pounds over a day or two).
    • Risk factors (hypertension, preeclampsia, multiple gestation, maternal age ≥35, prior PPCM, higher prevalence among mothers of color).
    • Diagnostic criteria cited from the American Heart Association: heart failure onset in late pregnancy/postpartum, left ventricular ejection fraction <45% (usually by echocardiogram), and absence of another cause.
    • Utility of BNP/NT‑proBNP testing, common treatment approaches (blood pressure medications, agents to improve heart function, diuretics, salt/fluid restriction), and prognosis (many recover normal function within six months if treated; untreated PPCM can lead to lifelong heart failure, transplant, or death).
  • Fiscal committee notation: NO (no fiscal committee referral indicated).

Who is affected / impact

  • Direct legal effects: none — as a concurrent resolution it is ceremonial/nonbinding and does not create rights, duties, or funding.
  • Practical impact: raises awareness among pregnant and postpartum people, families, health care providers, and public-health organizations; may encourage earlier recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of PPCM, particularly in higher-risk populations (e.g., mothers of color, older mothers, those with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy).
  • Potential secondary effects: could prompt outreach by state health agencies, professional associations, or advocacy groups and inform clinical vigilance and education efforts.

Procedural/timeline notes

  • Classification: Concurrent resolution.
  • Introduced: February 10, 2025 (per record).
  • Legislative progress (per supplied actions): adopted by both houses in Feb–Mar 2025, enrolled and filed, and noted as chaptered as Res. Chapter 27, Statutes of 2025 in one record; the file also indicates the resolution was sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/13/2025. (Records in the package contain overlapping entries from different jurisdictions — the operative text and digest correspond to the California SCR 20 awareness-month resolution authored by Ochoa Bogh.)
  • No appropriations or programmatic mandates are contained in the resolution.

If you want, I can produce a one-page fact sheet on PPCM derived from the resolution's findings for distribution to clinics, community groups, or legislators.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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