Bill Text: TX SR527 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing August 17, 2023, as Coats' Disease Awareness Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-09 - Reported enrolled [SR527 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR527-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Coats' Disease Awareness Day is taking place on | ||
August 17, 2023, and this occasion provides a fitting opportunity | ||
to promote better understanding of this health issue; and | ||
WHEREAS, Coats' disease is a rare retinal disorder that | ||
primarily affects male infants, young children, and teenagers as | ||
well as a smaller number of adults; the disease causes blood | ||
vessels in one or both eyes to develop abnormally, resulting in | ||
the leakage of fluid into the back of the eye and can lead to | ||
vision loss; early signs and symptoms of the condition may | ||
include eye turning outward or inward, loss of depth perception, | ||
and sometimes a yellow reflex from the pupil behind the lens of | ||
the eye; over time, the disorder may lead to retinal | ||
detachment, blindness, and the loss of the eye; and | ||
WHEREAS, The disease is classified as an orphan disease, or | ||
one that affects a relatively small number of individuals; | ||
however, thousands of people across Texas and the United States | ||
have been diagnosed with the condition, and many others have | ||
received a misdiagnosis; the cause of the disease is unknown, and | ||
early detection and intervention can dramatically improve | ||
outcomes; depending on the severity of the disorder, health care | ||
professionals may recommend treatments such as cryotherapy, | ||
laser surgery, or the removal of the affected eye; and | ||
WHEREAS, Across the Lone Star State, government officials, | ||
medical professionals, academic institutions, and members of the | ||
general public are taking action to raise awareness of Coats' | ||
disease, to call attention to the need for more research, and to | ||
highlight the importance of early diagnosis and treatment so that | ||
an individual's vision may be saved; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby recognize August 17, 2023, as Coats' Disease | ||
Awareness Day and urge all Texans to learn more about the | ||
disorder. | ||
Blanco | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 9, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |