By: Lujan, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Campbell) H.B. No. 3144

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023; May 2, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services; May 21, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to designating October as Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 662.116 to read as follows:

Sec. 662.116. FENTANYL POISONING AWARENESS MONTH. (a) October is Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month to increase awareness of the dangers of fentanyl and potential overdoses.

(b) Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month may be regularly observed through appropriate activities in communities to increase awareness of the dangers of fentanyl and potential overdoses.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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