my name is brian decraco. i benefited from the excellent carrie received from cpmc.nfected with hepatitis c when serving in the military and when other doctors and treatments said not to bother with treatment because it was long and difficult and ineffective the doctors at cpmc said we can and they did. i've been hepc free for over seven years. i'm also a member of the san francisco hepatitis c task force. the help tights c task force -- the help tight he is c task force was established by gavin newsom in 2009. in that time weekly developed a comprehensive set of regulations for the city and we continue as a community task force. one of our key recommendations has been for the city to expand hepatitis c testing because 75% of the people with hepatitis c don't know they have it. leading to advanced liver disease and liver cancer. there are effective treatments for hepatitis c. and many like me can be cured. but the need -- but they need to know they have hepatitis c. in order to get treatment. cpmc can and has been a major partner in this effort. we greatly appreciate