Bill Text: TX SB485 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

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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-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Johnson S.B. No. 485
(In the Senate - Filed January 18, 2023; February 17, 2023,
read first time and referred to Committee on Administration;
April 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7,
Nays 0; April 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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.
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