By:  Lucio                                       S.R. No. 166
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2        WHEREAS, The Texas Department of Health has a duty to
    1-3  the citizens and taxpayers of this state to do everything in
    1-4  its power to ensure that its many responsibilities are carried
    1-5  out as efficiently as possible with available resources, and much
    1-6  can be achieved toward this goal by the department's forming a
    1-7  partnership with the private sector to better serve the public;
    1-8  and
    1-9        WHEREAS, Because of a recently documented increase in neural
   1-10  tube birth defects in the Rio Grande Valley, the Texas Department
   1-11  of Health recommends that all women of childbearing age in Cameron
   1-12  and Hidalgo counties supplement their diets with folic acid, a
   1-13  B vitamin, which studies show may reduce the incidence of such
   1-14  defects; and
   1-15        WHEREAS, Parke-Davis Managed Health Care contributed
   1-16  $7,500 to help with the cost of a Texas Department of Health
   1-17  media campaign to educate the public about folic acid, first in
   1-18  the Rio Grande Valley and then in other parts of the state; and
   1-19        WHEREAS, The success of this project will help reduce the
   1-20  risk of neural tube defects in the state; now, therefore, be it
   1-21        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
   1-22  73rd Legislature, hereby commend Parke-Davis Managed Health
   1-23  Care for its outstanding work on behalf of the health and
    2-1  welfare of the people of Texas; and, be it further
    2-2        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared
    2-3  for Parke-Davis Managed Health Care as an expression of the
    2-4  appreciation of the Texas Senate.
    2-5                                 _____________________________________
    2-6                                        President of the Senate
    2-7                                      I hereby certify that the
    2-8                                 above Resolution was adopted by
    2-9                                 the Senate on February 8, 1993.
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   2-11                                        Secretary of the Senate
   2-12                                 _____________________________________
   2-13                                         Member, Texas Senate