H.B. No. 1508
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1508 was passed by the House on April
12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1508 was passed by the Senate on May
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor