Bill Text: TX HR414 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing February 28, 2023, as Texans Protecting Parenthood After Cancer Legislative Advocacy Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-28 - Reported enrolled [HR414 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR414-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 414 | ||
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| WHEREAS, According to estimates of the Texas Cancer Registry, | ||
| approximately 7,800 Texans between the ages of 15 and 39 will be | ||
| diagnosed with cancer in 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Although cancer treatments such as chemotherapy, | ||
| radiation, and surgery can effectively treat many types of cancer, | ||
| they carry the risk of directly or indirectly causing medically | ||
| induced infertility; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Infertility, more than merely a medical | ||
| complication, is a life-altering experience for patients of | ||
| reproductive age, and thus, every effort should be made to try to | ||
| preserve a patient's fertility; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After being diagnosed with cancer, patients often | ||
| have only a short window of time to obtain the resources necessary | ||
| to help protect fertility before beginning potentially sterilizing | ||
| cancer treatment, making it critical that they are informed of and | ||
| provided access to the options that are available; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ensuring that cancer patients have access to | ||
| fertility preservation options before treatment has long been | ||
| considered the standard of care by relevant national medical | ||
| authorities, including the American Society for Reproductive | ||
| Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the | ||
| American Medical Association; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The five-year survival rate for individuals | ||
| diagnosed with cancer between the ages of 15 and 39 is over 85 | ||
| percent; these patients are expected to live long, full lives, and | ||
| they deserve the same freedom of choice enjoyed by their peers; and | ||
| WHEREAS, On February 28, 2023, a group of patients, family | ||
| members, physicians, and patient advocates are meeting with | ||
| legislators to discuss important issues related to fertility | ||
| preservation for cancer patients, and these individuals are to be | ||
| commended for bringing attention to a cause of tremendous | ||
| importance to many Texans; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize February 28, 2023, as Texans | ||
| Protecting Parenthood After Cancer Legislative Advocacy Day, | ||
| extend a warm welcome to those who are visiting Austin to take part | ||
| in this event, and urge all Texans to learn more about the issue of | ||
| fertility preservation for cancer patients. | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 414 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 28, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
