Bill Text: TX HB1639 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study on the increased incidence of cancer in female firefighters in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-16 - Filed [HB1639 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1639-Introduced.html
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| By: Patterson | H.B. No. 1639 | |
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| relating to a study on the increased incidence of cancer in female | ||
| firefighters in this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this Act: | ||
| (1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Fire | ||
| Protection. | ||
| (2) "Department" means the Department of State Health | ||
| Services. | ||
| (3) "Registry" means the cancer registry established | ||
| under Chapter 82, Health and Safety Code. | ||
| (b) The department, in collaboration with the commission | ||
| and using registry information, shall conduct a study on the | ||
| increased incidence of cancer in female firefighters in this state. | ||
| (c) In conducting the study, the department and commission | ||
| shall, using registry information and data collected from readily | ||
| available sources, compare cancer rates among female firefighters | ||
| in this state to cancer rates among other women, focusing on cancers | ||
| specific to women, including ovarian and breast cancer. | ||
| (d) Not later than September 1, 2026: | ||
| (1) the department shall prepare and submit to the | ||
| legislature a written report containing the results of the study | ||
| and any recommendations for legislative or other action; and | ||
| (2) the department and commission shall make the | ||
| report publicly available by posting the report on the agencies' | ||
| and registry's respective Internet websites. | ||
| (e) This Act expires September 1, 2027. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
