Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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11 85R11727 JG-D
22 By: Gonzales of Williamson H.B. No. 2986
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to designating May 17 as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
88 Awareness Day.
99 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1010 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is
1111 amended by adding Section 662.065 to read as follows:
1212 Sec. 662.065. DIFFUSE INTRINSIC PONTINE GLIOMA AWARENESS
1313 DAY. (a) May 17 is Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day
1414 to raise awareness about the prevalence and deadliness of diffuse
1515 intrinsic pontine glioma, a pediatric brain tumor.
1616 (b) Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day shall be
1717 regularly observed by appropriate programs and activities.
1818 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.