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1 | 1 | 86R1151 JCG-D | |
2 | 2 | By: Lucio S.B. No. 1160 | |
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4 | 4 | ||
5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
7 | 7 | relating to designating March as Bleeding Disorders Awareness | |
8 | 8 | Month. | |
9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is | |
11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 662.112 to read as follows: | |
12 | 12 | Sec. 662.112. BLEEDING DISORDERS AWARENESS MONTH. (a) | |
13 | 13 | March is Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month to increase awareness | |
14 | 14 | of genetic disorders that prevent a person's blood from clotting | |
15 | 15 | properly and to encourage: | |
16 | 16 | (1) research for treatments and cures of bleeding | |
17 | 17 | disorders; and | |
18 | 18 | (2) advocacy on behalf of persons with bleeding | |
19 | 19 | disorders. | |
20 | 20 | (b) Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month may be regularly | |
21 | 21 | observed through appropriate activities in communities to increase | |
22 | 22 | awareness of bleeding disorders. | |
23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |