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AN ACT
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relating to designating April as Minority Cancer Awareness Month. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 662.108 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 662.108. MINORITY CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. (a) April |
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is Minority Cancer Awareness Month to increase awareness of cancer |
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in minority populations and encourage funding of education and |
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earlier and more effective diagnosis and treatment of cancer. |
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(b) Minority Cancer Awareness Month shall be regularly |
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observed by appropriate activities in public locations to increase |
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cancer awareness, including the specific effects, incidences, and |
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impact of cancer on minority populations, and encourage support for |
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minority cancer education, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 114 was passed by the House on May 3, |
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2011, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 114 was passed by the Senate on May |
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19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |