By: Zaffirini S.C.R. No. 88 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, Accessible and affordable health care is a right 1-2 that should be enjoyed by all citizens; and 1-3 WHEREAS, The public institutions of higher education in the 1-4 State of Texas have an invaluable and integral role in the 1-5 provision of health and human service care for Texans; and 1-6 WHEREAS, These institutions can provide much needed insight 1-7 into new and innovative ideas, advances, procedures, and proposals 1-8 for more accessible, accountable, affordable, and available health 1-9 care; now, therefore, be it 1-10 RESOLVED, That the 73rd Legislature of the State of Texas 1-11 hereby request that the public institutions of higher education 1-12 report their current efforts in developing or providing health or 1-13 human service care to the people of Texas to the Texas Higher 1-14 Education Coordinating Board; and, be it further 1-15 RESOLVED, That in carrying out this request, the public 1-16 institutions of higher education report on new and innovative 1-17 efforts that should be made to better serve the health care and 1-18 human service needs of all Texans; and, be it further 1-19 RESOLVED, That the report include recommendations on the best 1-20 way to provide high quality health care for all citizens in the 1-21 most efficient, most accessible, and least costly manner; and, be 1-22 it further 1-23 RESOLVED, That the report include the possible use of grants, 2-1 donations, or federal funds to accomplish the goal of quality 2-2 health care for all citizens; and, be it further 2-3 RESOLVED, That the report include recommendations as to the 2-4 feasibility of utilization of the schools of social work and other 2-5 human service related programs to provide delivery of human service 2-6 needs; and, be it further 2-7 RESOLVED, That the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 2-8 provide a progress report to the Legislative Health and Human 2-9 Services Board by September 1, 1994.