Bill Text: TX SB1160 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to designating March as Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Administration [SB1160 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1160-Introduced.html
86R1151 JCG-D | ||
By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1160 |
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relating to designating March as Bleeding Disorders 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 662.112 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 662.112. BLEEDING DISORDERS AWARENESS MONTH. (a) | ||
March is Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month to increase awareness | ||
of genetic disorders that prevent a person's blood from clotting | ||
properly and to encourage: | ||
(1) research for treatments and cures of bleeding | ||
disorders; and | ||
(2) advocacy on behalf of persons with bleeding | ||
disorders. | ||
(b) Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month may be regularly | ||
observed through appropriate activities in communities to increase | ||
awareness of bleeding disorders. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |