By: Parker (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 1204

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013; April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; May 9, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 9, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to designating October 1 as Influenza 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 662.059 to read as follows:

Sec. 662.059. INFLUENZA AWARENESS DAY. (a) October 1 is Influenza Awareness Day to raise awareness of the health risks associated with influenza and encourage Texans to take proactive measures to reduce exposure to those risks.

(b) Influenza Awareness Day shall be regularly observed by appropriate programs and activities.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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