Bill Text: TX SB485 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to designating the second Saturday in October as Hospice and Palliative Care Day.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2023-06-16 - Vetoed by the Governor [SB485 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB485-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 485 | ||
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| relating to designating the second Saturday in October as Hospice | ||
| and Palliative Care Day. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 662.081 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 662.081. HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE DAY. (a) The | ||
| second Saturday in October is Hospice and Palliative Care Day to | ||
| bring awareness to the role of hospice and palliative care in | ||
| optimizing the quality of life for seriously ill patients and their | ||
| families. | ||
| (b) Hospice and Palliative Care Day may be regularly | ||
| observed by appropriate ceremonies and activities. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 485 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 485 passed the House on | ||
| May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 9, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
