By: Cyrier, Talarico (Senate Sponsor - Fallon) H.B. No. 2597
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019;
April 29, 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.)
Click here to see the committee vote
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 662.071 to read as follows:
Sec. 662.071. 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, 2019.
* * * * *