85R11727 JG-D     By: Gonzales of Williamson H.B. No. 2986       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to designating May 17 as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma   Awareness Day.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 662, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 662.065 to read as follows:          Sec. 662.065.  DIFFUSE INTRINSIC PONTINE GLIOMA AWARENESS   DAY. (a) May 17 is Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day   to raise awareness about the prevalence and deadliness of diffuse   intrinsic pontine glioma, a pediatric brain tumor.          (b)  Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Awareness Day shall be   regularly observed by appropriate programs and activities.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.