Bill Text: TX HR914 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Recognizing April as Minority Cancer Awareness Month in Texas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-04-06 - Reported enrolled [HR914 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HR914-Enrolled.html

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H.R. No. 914

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Minority Cancer Awareness Month is being observed in
Texas in April to call attention to the disparities in cancer health
among racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Black, Native American, and Alaskan Native
communities experience the highest cancer rates and worst outcomes
for each of the most common types of cancer; in addition, Black
communities are disproportionately impacted by other diseases,
such as obesity, diabetes, and infections, making cancer treatment
more difficult and more likely to cause severe side effects; and
WHEREAS, Cancer health disparities are worsened by some
socioeconomic conditions; people experiencing poverty are less
likely to enroll in clinical trials that offer improved cancer
outcomes, and people with low income or insufficient health
insurance may lack access to medical specialists or genetic testing
required by clinical trials; according to data from the U.S. Census
Bureau, Native American and Alaska Native, Black, Hispanic, and
multiracial communities experienced the highest ratios of poverty
compared to total population in 2021; and
WHEREAS, Many people in racial minority groups die from
cancer due to a severe lack of matching stem cell or marrow donors
in the worldwide registry; in the United States, 75 percent of Black
patients, 75 percent of multiracial patients, 55 percent of Latino
and Hispanic patients, and 60 percent of Asian American patients do
not have a perfectly matched donor in the registry; and
WHEREAS, More work remains to be done to ensure that all
cancer patients have access to life-saving treatments and quality
health care, and the observance of Minority Cancer Awareness Month
unites Texans in their commitment to improving cancer outcomes
among racial and ethnic minority groups; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize April as Minority Cancer Awareness
Month in Texas and encourage all Texans to learn more about how
minority groups are impacted by cancer health disparities.
Rose
Phelan Guerra Murr
Allen Guillen Neave Criado
Allison Harless Noble
Anchía Harris of Anderson Oliverson
Anderson Harris of Williamson Ordaz
Ashby Harrison Orr
Bailes Hayes Ortega
Bell of Kaufman Hefner Patterson
Bell of Montgomery Hernandez Paul
Bernal Herrero Perez
Bhojani Hinojosa Plesa
Bonnen Holland Price
Bowers Howard Ramos
Bryant Hull Raney
Buckley Hunter Raymond
Bucy Isaac Reynolds
Bumgarner Jetton Rogers
Burns Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
Burrows A. Johnson of Harris Rose
Button J. Johnson of Harris Rosenthal
Cain Jones of Dallas Schaefer
Campos Jones of Harris Schatzline
Canales Kacal Schofield
Capriglione King of Hemphill Shaheen
Clardy King of Uvalde Sherman, Sr.
Cole Kitzman Shine
Collier Klick Slaton
Cook Kuempel Slawson
Cortez Lalani Smith
Craddick Lambert Smithee
Cunningham Landgraf Spiller
Darby Leach Stucky
Davis Leo-Wilson Swanson
Dean Longoria Talarico
DeAyala Lopez of Bexar Tepper
Dorazio Lopez of Cameron Thierry
Dutton Lozano Thimesch
Flores Lujan Thompson of Brazoria
Frank Manuel Thompson of Harris
Frazier Martinez Tinderholt
Gamez Martinez Fischer Toth
Garcia Metcalf Troxclair
Gates Meyer Turner
Gerdes Meza VanDeaver
Geren Moody Vasut
Gervin-Hawkins Morales of Harris Vo
Goldman Morales of Maverick Walle
González of Dallas Morales Shaw Wilson
González of El Paso Morrison Wu
Goodwin Muñoz, Jr. Zwiener
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 914 was adopted by the House on April 5,
2023, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House