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AN ACT
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relating to designating October 10 as Supportive Palliative Care |
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Awareness Day. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 662.081 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 662.081. SUPPORTIVE PALLIATIVE CARE AWARENESS DAY. |
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(a) October 10 is Supportive Palliative Care Awareness Day to raise |
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awareness about supportive palliative care optimizing the quality |
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of life for seriously ill patients and their families. |
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(b) Supportive Palliative Care Awareness Day may be |
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regularly observed by appropriate ceremonies and activities. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 739 passed the Senate on |
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April 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 739 passed the House on |
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May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, |
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two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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