Bill Text: TX HB1966 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 1966 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to the designation of July as Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB1966 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1966-Comm_Sub.html



	By: Thompson of Harris	H.B. No. 1966
	(Senate Sponsor - Powell, Johnson)
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021;
	May 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Administration; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following
	vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT

	relating to the designation of July as Uterine Fibroids 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 662.114 to read as follows:
	Sec. 662.114. UTERINE FIBROIDS AWARENESS MONTH. (a) July
	is Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month to increase awareness of
	uterine fibroids and to:
	(1) encourage education and research on uterine
	fibroids;
	(2) improve methods for identifying signs and symptoms
	of uterine fibroids;
	(3) improve methods for preventing, diagnosing, and
	treating uterine fibroids; and
	(4) encourage the establishment of a public education
	campaign that includes health seminars, medical information
	panels, community programs, and funding opportunities.
	(b) Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month shall be regularly
	observed through appropriate programs and activities to increase
	awareness of uterine fibroids.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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