TITLE: Relating to designating March as Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month.

SUMMARY: Relating to designating March as Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to designating March as Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 662, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 662.112 to read as follows: Sec. 662.112. BLEEDING DISORDERS AWARENESS MONTH. (a) March is Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month to increase awareness of genetic disorders that prevent a person's blood from clotting properly and to encourage: (1) research for treatments and cures of bleeding disorders; and (2) advocacy on behalf of persons with bleeding disorders. (b) Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month may be regularly observed through appropriate activities in communities to increase awareness of bleeding disorders. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.