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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to designating April as Minority Cancer Awareness Month. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 662.108 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 662.108. MINORITY CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. (a) April |
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is Minority Cancer Awareness Month to increase awareness of cancer |
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in minority populations and encourage funding of education and |
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earlier and more effective diagnosis and treatment of cancer. |
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(b) Minority Cancer Awareness Month shall be regularly |
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observed by appropriate activities in public schools and other |
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places to increase cancer awareness, including the specific |
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effects, incidences, and impact of cancer on minority populations, |
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and encourage support for minority cancer education, diagnosis, |
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treatment, and prevention. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |