Bill Text: TX SR58 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 2017 as Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-01-30 - Reported enrolled [SR58 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR58-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month is being | ||
| observed in Texas and across the nation in March 2017; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The term "bleeding disorders" refers to a wide | ||
| range of medical issues that cause poor blood clotting and | ||
| abnormal bleeding; these conditions include von Willebrand | ||
| disease, which is found in approximately one percent of the | ||
| United States population, and hemophilia, which currently | ||
| affects about 20,000 Americans; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of | ||
| President Ronald Reagan's designating March 1986 as Hemophilia | ||
| Awareness Month, the National Hemophilia Foundation launched a | ||
| successful 2016 campaign for the observance of Bleeding | ||
| Disorders Awareness Month each March in the United States; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Lone Star chapter of the foundation joined | ||
| together with the Texas Central Hemophilia Association in 2012 to | ||
| establish the Texas Bleeding Disorders Coalition, an advocacy | ||
| group that works to increase awareness of bleeding disorders | ||
| among the general public, government officials, and the medical | ||
| community; the organization seeks to ensure that all Texans | ||
| afflicted with these conditions have access to high-quality care | ||
| at hemophilia treatment centers, to the most effective clotting | ||
| medications available, and to the support services necessary for | ||
| the proper management of their disorder; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Millions of Americans are living with a bleeding | ||
| disorder, and this monthlong event offers a time to learn more | ||
| about such diseases and to focus on the need for further research | ||
| in the hope of ultimately finding cures; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
| Legislature, hereby recognize March 2017 as Bleeding Disorders | ||
| Awareness Month. | ||
| Bettencourt | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on January 30, 2017. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
