Bill Text: TX HR1499 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing September 2021 as Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-02 - Reported enrolled [HR1499 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR1499-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1499 |
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WHEREAS, September is Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month, | ||
and this occasion provides a fitting opportunity to promote better | ||
understanding of this health issue and to foster increased support | ||
for targeted research; and | ||
WHEREAS, "Pulmonary fibrosis" is a term used to describe more | ||
than 200 different diseases that involve scar tissue in the lungs; | ||
as the scarring destroys the normal lung tissue, it becomes more | ||
difficult for oxygen to enter the bloodstream, and this leads to | ||
symptoms such as shortness of breath, coughing, loss of appetite, | ||
and fatigue and weakness; and | ||
WHEREAS, Multiple causes of the scarring have been | ||
identified, including some medications, radiation, environmental | ||
triggers, autoimmune diseases, and exposure to harmful inorganic | ||
dusts; in cases where a cause cannot be determined, patients are | ||
diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; researchers estimate | ||
that, in the United States, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis affects 1 | ||
out of every 200 adults over the age of 60, and as many as 40,000 | ||
Americans die from the disease each year; and | ||
WHEREAS, While there is not yet a cure for pulmonary | ||
fibrosis, a number of treatments are available to help alleviate | ||
symptoms and slow the progression of the disease; depending on each | ||
patient's unique experience with the condition, doctors may | ||
recommend medications, oxygen therapy, exercise, and in rare | ||
circumstances, lung transplantation; and | ||
WHEREAS, Pulmonary fibrosis is a serious and | ||
life-threatening disease, and the observance of Pulmonary Fibrosis | ||
Awareness Month unites people around the world in their commitment | ||
to support the search for a cure and improve the quality of life for | ||
patients; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize September 2021 as Pulmonary Fibrosis | ||
Awareness Month and urge all Texans to learn more about the disease. | ||
Price | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1499 was adopted by the House on May | ||
29, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||