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AN ACT
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relating to designating March as Bleeding Disorders Awareness |
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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 662.112 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 662.112. BLEEDING DISORDERS AWARENESS MONTH. (a) |
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March is Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month to increase awareness |
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of genetic disorders that prevent a person's blood from clotting |
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properly and to encourage: |
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(1) research for treatments and cures of bleeding |
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disorders; and |
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(2) advocacy on behalf of persons with bleeding |
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disorders. |
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(b) Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month may be regularly |
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observed through appropriate activities in communities to increase |
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awareness of bleeding disorders. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1508 was passed by the House on April |
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12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1508 was passed by the Senate on May |
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10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |