| 1 | 1 | | By: McClendon, Alvarado, King of Taylor H.B. No. 114 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) |
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| 3 | 3 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2011; |
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| 4 | 4 | | May 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 5 | 5 | | Administration; May 17, 2011, reported favorably by the following |
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| 6 | 6 | | vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 17, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to designating April as Minority Cancer Awareness Month. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 662.108 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 662.108. MINORITY CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. (a) April |
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| 16 | 16 | | is Minority Cancer Awareness Month to increase awareness of cancer |
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| 17 | 17 | | in minority populations and encourage funding of education and |
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| 18 | 18 | | earlier and more effective diagnosis and treatment of cancer. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) Minority Cancer Awareness Month shall be regularly |
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| 20 | 20 | | observed by appropriate activities in public locations to increase |
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| 21 | 21 | | cancer awareness, including the specific effects, incidences, and |
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| 22 | 22 | | impact of cancer on minority populations, and encourage support for |
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| 23 | 23 | | minority cancer education, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 25 | 25 | | * * * * * |
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