Bill Text: TX HB1966 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1966 |
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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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1966 was passed by the House on May | ||
11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 18, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1966 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |