By: Oliverson, Miller, Israel H.B. No. 1508
(Senate Sponsor - Lucio)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019;
April 16, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Administration; May 3, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 3, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to designating March as Bleeding Disorders 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 662.112 to read as follows:
Sec. 662.112. BLEEDING DISORDERS AWARENESS MONTH. (a)
March is Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month to increase awareness
of genetic disorders that prevent a person's blood from clotting
properly and to encourage:
(1) research for treatments and cures of bleeding
disorders; and
(2) advocacy on behalf of persons with bleeding
disorders.
(b) Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month may be regularly
observed through appropriate activities in communities to increase
awareness of bleeding disorders.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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