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