Bill Text: TX HCR29 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Designating November 5 as Type 1.5 Diabetes Awareness Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Signed by the Governor [HCR29 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HCR29-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 29 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Type 1.5 diabetes, also known as latent autoimmune | ||
| diabetes, often receives less attention than other types of | ||
| diabetes, yet those affected by the disease face significant health | ||
| risks; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Like other forms of diabetes, type 1.5 is a chronic | ||
| disorder that impairs the body's ability to process blood sugar, | ||
| which can lead to severe complications without medical | ||
| intervention; type 1.5 is often considered to be a subgroup of type | ||
| 1 diabetes and, like type 1, it occurs when the pancreas fails to | ||
| produce an adequate supply of insulin; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Type 1.5 diabetes is slow progressing, typically | ||
| developing over a period of a few months to several years; it | ||
| primarily affects adults above age 30, in contrast to type 1, which | ||
| usually first appears during childhood or adolescence; the pancreas | ||
| of a patient with type 1.5 will eventually lose the ability to | ||
| produce insulin entirely, requiring reliance on insulin | ||
| injections; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Treatment of type 1.5 diabetes is often complicated | ||
| by misdiagnosis, with the disease frequently being mistaken for the | ||
| more common type 2 diabetes; this delays proper care and increases | ||
| the risk of long-term complications; medications and lifestyle | ||
| changes that are generally effective at treating type 2 do little to | ||
| help people with type 1.5, who often become dependent on insulin | ||
| therapy within five years of diagnosis; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Increasing public knowledge of type 1.5 diabetes can | ||
| help to ensure that more patients receive the timely care that they | ||
| need, and the observance of Type 1.5 Diabetes Awareness Day serves | ||
| to promote greater understanding of this serious condition; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate November 5 as Type 1.5 Diabetes Awareness Day; | ||
| and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||
| 391.004(d), Government Code, this designation remain in effect | ||
| until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally | ||
| passed by the legislature. | ||
| Thierry | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 29 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 29 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
| 27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
