By:  Lucio                                       S.R. No. 169
    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; and
    1-8        WHEREAS, Because of a recently documented increase in neural
    1-9  tube birth defects in the Rio Grande Valley, the Texas Department
   1-10  of Health recommends that all women of childbearing age in Cameron
   1-11  and Hidalgo counties supplement their diets with folic acid, a
   1-12  B vitamin, which studies show may reduce such defects; and
   1-13        WHEREAS, General Nutrition Products, Incorporated, of
   1-14  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, donated 3,500 bottles of multi-vitamins
   1-15  with folic acid to be dispensed in South Texas health clinics; and
   1-16        WHEREAS, The success of this project will help reduce the
   1-17  risk of neural tube defects in the state; now, therefore, be it
   1-18        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
   1-19  73rd Legislature, hereby commend General Nutrition Products,
   1-20  Incorporated, for its outstanding work on behalf of the health
   1-21  and welfare of the people of Texas; and, be it further
   1-22        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
   1-23  General Nutrition Products, Incorporated, as an expression of
    2-1  the appreciation of the Texas Senate.
    2-2                                 _____________________________________
    2-3                                        President of the Senate
    2-4                                      I hereby certify that the
    2-5                                 above Resolution was adopted by
    2-6                                 the Senate on February 8, 1993.
    2-7                                 _____________________________________
    2-8                                        Secretary of the Senate
    2-9                                 _____________________________________
   2-10                                         Member, Texas Senate