H.R. No. 209
R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 WHEREAS, Diabetes is a devastating disease that poses a
1-2 serious public health problem for many Texans; and
1-3 WHEREAS, Approximately 450,000 persons in Texas have been
1-4 diagnosed with diabetes and another 400,000 have the disease but
1-5 have not yet been diagnosed; and
1-6 WHEREAS, These numbers will rise steadily with an increasing
1-7 population of high-risk Hispanic, Black, and elderly Texans; and
1-8 WHEREAS, Complications such as amputations, blindness, kidney
1-9 failure, heart disease, birth defects, and strokes result from
1-10 uncontrolled diabetes; and
1-11 WHEREAS, Texans pay an estimated $2.7 billion each year for
1-12 treating complications of diabetes, lost income, and costs to
1-13 state-supported medical care programs; and
1-14 WHEREAS, 50 to 60 percent of complications can be prevented
1-15 with good education about diet, weight, and exercise and with
1-16 appropriate patient diabetes education and clinical care; and
1-17 WHEREAS, The Texas Diabetes Council has applied prevention
1-18 techniques in public health settings with programs designed to save
1-19 dollars and human suffering; and
1-20 WHEREAS, The council's Statewide Diabetic Eye Program has
1-21 been estimated to save $8 for every $1 spent; and
1-22 WHEREAS, The Texas Diabetes Council as mandated by the Texas
1-23 Legislature has completed A Plan to Control Diabetes in Texas for
2-1 the purpose of promoting more effective interventions to help
2-2 reduce illness from diabetes in Texas, to educate the public on the
2-3 problems of diabetes, and to increase public support for essential
2-4 diabetes services; and
2-5 WHEREAS, The American Diabetes Association has cosponsored
2-6 with the Texas Diabetes Council the events of February 9, "Diabetes
2-7 Day at the Capitol," to call attention to this growing health care
2-8 problem in our state; and
2-9 WHEREAS, The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, American
2-10 Association of Diabetes Educators, and other concerned groups have
2-11 supported the efforts of this day; now, therefore, be it
2-12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the State of
2-13 Texas, 73rd Legislature, hereby extend its concern for those with
2-14 diabetes.
2-15 diabetes.
2-16 Berlanga
2-17 H.R. No. 209
2-18 Laney Gallegos Munoz
2-19 Alexander Giddings Naishtat
2-20 Allen Glaze Nieto
2-21 Alonzo Goodman Oakley
2-22 Alvarado Goolsby Ogden
2-23 Averitt Granoff Oliveira
2-24 Bailey Gray Park
2-25 Berlanga Greenberg Parra
3-1 Black Grusendorf Patterson
3-2 Blackwood Gutierrez Pitts
3-3 Bomer Haggerty Place
3-4 Bosse Hamric Price
3-5 Brady Harris Puente
3-6 Brimer Hartnett Rabuck
3-7 Cain Heflin Ramsay
3-8 Campbell Hernandez Rangel
3-9 Carona Hightower Raymond
3-10 Carter Hilbert Rodriguez
3-11 Cavazos Hilderbran Romo
3-12 Chisum Hill Rudd
3-13 Clemons Hirschi Sadler
3-14 Coleman Hochberg Saunders
3-15 Combs Holzheauser Schechter
3-16 Conley Horn Seidlits
3-17 Cook Hudson Shields
3-18 Corte Hunter of Taylor Siebert
3-19 Counts Hunter of Nueces A. Smith of Harris
3-20 Crabb Jackson D. Smith of Harris
3-21 Craddick James Smithee
3-22 Cuellar of Webb Johnson Solis
3-23 Cuellar of Hidalgo Jones of Lubbock Stiles
3-24 Culberson Jones of Dallas Swinford
3-25 Danburg Junell Tallas
4-1 Davila Kamel Talton
4-2 Davis Krusee Telford
4-3 De La Garza Kubiak Thompson of Tarrant
4-4 Dear Kuempel Thompson of Harris
4-5 Delco Lewis Turner of Coleman
4-6 Delisi Linebarger Turner of Harris
4-7 Denton Longoria Uher
4-8 Driver McCall Van de Putte
4-9 Duncan McCoulskey Vowell
4-10 Dutton McDonald West
4-11 Earley Madden Williamson
4-12 Eckels Marchant Willis
4-13 Edwards Martin Wilson
4-14 Erickson Maxey Wolens
4-15 Finnell Moffat Yarbrough
4-16 Flores Moreno Yost
4-17 Gallego Mowery Zbranek
4-18 H.R. No. 209
4-19 _______________________________
4-20 Speaker of the House
4-21 I certify that H.R. No. 209 was adopted by the House on
4-22 February 9, 1993, by a non-record vote.
4-23 _______________________________
4-24 Chief Clerk of the House