85R11727 JG-D
By: Gonzales of Williamson H.B. No. 2986
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to designating May 17 as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
Awareness Day.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 662.065 to read as follows:
Sec. 662.065. DIFFUSE INTRINSIC PONTINE GLIOMA AWARENESS
DAY. (a) May 17 is Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day
to raise awareness about the prevalence and deadliness of diffuse
intrinsic pontine glioma, a pediatric brain tumor.
(b) Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day shall be
regularly observed by appropriate programs and activities.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.