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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Fran Laukaitis is retiring as president of Methodist |
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Charlton Medical Center in Dallas on January 5, 2024, following an |
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exemplary tenure spanning 14 years with the hospital; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2010, Ms. Laukaitis joined Methodist Charlton as |
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chief nursing officer, and five years later, she became the first |
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registered nurse and first woman appointed president of a Methodist |
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Health System facility; she has worked tirelessly to advance |
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quality of care, and patient experience metrics have improved |
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dramatically, while the number of patients who leave the emergency |
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department without being seen has been greatly reduced; moreover, |
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Methodist Charlton has excelled in Joint Commission surveys; and |
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WHEREAS, Under the leadership of Ms. Laukaitis, the hospital |
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opened its intermediate care unit and other new units; it also added |
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EP services and expanded many other service lines; she guided the |
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growth of the STEMI program for fast heart attack care, and the |
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hospital achieved primary stroke accreditation; in addition, she |
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oversaw the construction of the $70 million, state-of-the-art |
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emergency department serving the southern sector of Dallas; along |
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the way, she has strengthened connections with local communities; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Laukaitis is a Fellow in the American College of |
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Healthcare Executives; she holds both a bachelor's degree in |
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nursing and a master of health administration degree; early in her |
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career, she gained experience at hospitals in Pennsylvania, Ohio, |
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Florida, and Texas; in 1999, she became chief nursing officer of a |
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Montana facility, and she rose to become its chief operating |
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officer; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her vision, skill, and commitment to |
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excellence, Fran Laukaitis has greatly advanced the important |
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mission of Methodist Charlton Medical Center, and as she embarks on |
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the next exciting chapter of her life, she may indeed take pride in |
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her outstanding achievements; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby congratulate Fran |
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Laukaitis on her retirement as president of Methodist Charlton |
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Medical Center and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Laukaitis as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |