Texas HR 203: Commemorating the 175th anniversary of Starr County.

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89(R) HR 203 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.R. No. 203

  

  

   

 R E S O L U T I O N

   

        WHEREAS, Students, faculty, and staff of the Texas Tech 

  

 University Health Sciences Center are convening at the State 

  

 Capitol on February 26, 2025, to celebrate the university's legacy 

  

 of advancing rural health care, education, and research in Texas; 

  

 and

  

        WHEREAS, Established in 1969 as Texas Tech University School 

  

 of Medicine, the institution was renamed Texas Tech University 

  

 Health Sciences Center in 1979, and it has become a comprehensive 

  

 health research institution; throughout its history, it has been a 

  

 leader in addressing rural health care challenges across the State 

  

 of Texas; and

  

        WHEREAS, TTUHSC remains committed to its foundational 

  

 mission of serving the health care needs of the vast West Texas 

  

 region, which encompasses 121 counties representing 35 percent of 

  

 the state's population and 54 percent of its land mass; the 

  

 university continues to expand access to care through innovative 

  

 models that benefit communities across Texas; and

  

        WHEREAS, This esteemed institution has graduated more than 

  

 42,000 health care professionals, including doctors, nurses, 

  

 pharmacists, researchers, and other key practitioners; the 

  

 institution is composed of six distinguished schools, the School of 

  

 Medicine, the School of Nursing, the School of Health Professions, 

  

 the Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, the Graduate School of 

  

 Biomedical Sciences, and the Julia Jones Matthews School of 

  

 Population and Public Health, with locations in Abilene, Amarillo, 

  

 Dallas, Lubbock, Midland, and Odessa; and

  

        WHEREAS, Nationally recognized for its innovative programs, 

  

 TTUHSC offers a variety of community-based services, many of which 

  

 have become statewide models for addressing the unique challenges 

  

 of rural health care; the university has also pioneered the use of 

  

 telehealth and other technologies to reach remote areas; and

  

        WHEREAS, A cornerstone educational institution in the Lone 

  

 Star State, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has 

  

 graduated generations of future health care professionals who have 

  

 gone on to make tangible, life-changing impacts on patients and 

  

 drive medical discovery; now, therefore, be it

  

        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas 

  

 Legislature hereby honor the Texas Tech University Health Sciences 

  

 Center for its contributions to rural health care, education, and 

  

 research and extend to all those affiliated with the institution 

  

 sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further

  

        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 

  

 prepared for the university as an expression of high regard by the 

   

 Texas House of Representatives.

  

   

 Tepper

   

   

 Burrows
 Guerra
 Morales Shaw

   

 Alders
 Guillen
 Morgan

   

 Allen
 Harless
 Muñoz

   

 Anchía
 Harris 
 Noble

   

 Ashby
 Harris Davila
 Olcott

   

 Barry
 Harrison
 Oliverson

   

 Bell of Kaufman
 Hayes
 Ordaz

   

 Bell of Montgomery
 Hefner
 Orr

   

 Bernal
 Hernandez
 Patterson

   

 Bhojani
 Hickland
 Paul

   

 Bonnen
 Hinojosa
 Perez of El Paso

   

 Bowers
 Holt
 Perez of Harris

   

 Bryant
 Hopper
 Phelan

   

 Buckley
 Howard
 Pierson

   

 Bucy
 Hull
 Plesa

   

 Bumgarner
 Hunter
 Raymond

   

 Button
 Isaac
 Reynolds

   

 Cain
 Johnson
 Richardson

   

 Campos
 Jones of Dallas
 Rodríguez Ramos

   

 Canales
 Jones of Harris
 Romero

   

 Capriglione
 Kerwin
 Rose

   

 Cole
 King
 Rosenthal

   

 Collier
 Kitzman
 Schatzline

   

 Cook
 LaHood
 Schofield

   

 Cortez
 Lalani
 Schoolcraft

   

 Craddick
 Lambert
 Shaheen

   

 Cunningham
 Landgraf
 Shofner

   

 Curry
 Leach
 Simmons

   

 Darby
 Leo Wilson
 Slawson

   

 A. Davis of Dallas
 Little
 Smithee

   

 Y. Davis of Dallas
 Longoria
 Spiller

   

 Dean
 Lopez of Bexar
 Swanson

   

 DeAyala
 Lopez of Cameron
 Talarico

   

 Dorazio
 Louder