H.B. No. 2597
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2597 was passed by the House on April
26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2597 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