Bill Text: TX HR317 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating Bone Marrow, Blood, and Organ Donation Registry Day 2023.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-28 - Reported enrolled [HR317 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR317-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 317 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Bone Marrow, Blood, and Organ Donation Registry Day | ||
| was observed in Texas on February 26, 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Each year, Bone Marrow, Blood, and Organ Donation | ||
| Registry Day encourages citizens across the Lone Star State to | ||
| register to become donors and to participate in local blood drives; | ||
| while donations play an essential role in a broad range of critical | ||
| medical treatments, only two percent of the population is on the | ||
| national registry for bone marrow, and only about half of Americans | ||
| are signed up to be organ donors; moreover, while an estimated 37 | ||
| percent of U.S. residents are eligible to donate blood, less than 10 | ||
| percent of that group actually does so each year; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A single organ donor can save up to eight lives and | ||
| enhance the lives of up to 75 others; there are currently over | ||
| 105,000 individuals on the national transplant waiting list, with a | ||
| new name added every 10 minutes; although there are more than 40,000 | ||
| transplants performed annually, 17 people die each day while | ||
| waiting for organs to become available; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Bone Marrow, Blood, and Organ Donation Registry Day | ||
| was initiated to honor Dr. Anh Nguyen Reiss, a Houston physician | ||
| who was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome and who dedicated | ||
| the last years of her life to raising awareness of the need for bone | ||
| marrow donors; though she passed away on February 26, 2016, at the | ||
| age of 48, she and her family and friends helped more than double | ||
| the number of Vietnamese donors on the registry; on May 29, 2019, | ||
| Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill of the 86th Texas Legislature to | ||
| designate February 26 as Bone Marrow, Blood, and Organ Donation | ||
| Registry Day; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Bone marrow, blood, and organ donation can give hope | ||
| to countless Americans for longer, healthier lives, and this worthy | ||
| cause is one that deserves the earnest support of every citizen; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate Bone Marrow, Blood, and Organ | ||
| Donation Registry Day 2023 and encourage all Texans to give blood | ||
| and to sign up to become organ and bone marrow donors. | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 317 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 28, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
