Bill Text: TX SB1085 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of July as Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Administration [SB1085 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1085-Introduced.html
| 87R3072 MWC-D | ||
| By: Powell, Johnson | S.B. No. 1085 | |
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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. | ||
