By Thompson H.R. No. 668 74R10545 PFG-D R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Lois Jean Moore, who serves as president and chief 1-2 executive officer of the Harris County Hospital District, was 1-3 recently named a co-recipient of the Healthcare Provider Award by 1-4 the Houston Area Healthcare Coalition, and this special recognition 1-5 is indeed well deserved; and 1-6 WHEREAS, This outstanding administrator oversees the daily 1-7 operations of the three hospitals and 11 clinics that compose this 1-8 award-winning district, which is the sixth largest inpatient health 1-9 care provider in the country; and 1-10 WHEREAS, Since assuming her post in 1989, Ms. Moore has 1-11 presided over an especially dynamic period in the hospital 1-12 district's history; under her leadership, the district completed 1-13 two new hospitals that now treat virtually all of the city's trauma 1-14 cases, and it formalized a unique contract with Baylor College of 1-15 Medicine and the University of Texas Medical School at Houston for 1-16 the provision of physician services; and 1-17 WHEREAS, She also has emphasized outpatient care and 1-18 preventive health care services, instituting an outreach program 1-19 for the homeless at 11 community sites and extensive programs 1-20 designed to increase the public's accessibility to immunizations, 1-21 mammography screening, and early detection and treatment of 1-22 illnesses in children at high risk, while maintaining the 1-23 district's low tax rate and nearly doubling its nontax revenue; and 1-24 WHEREAS, The glowing achievements of Ms. Moore's tenure have 2-1 focused national attention on the district, which was ranked among 2-2 the "Top 100" hospitals in the United States by Modern HealthCare 2-3 magazine in 1994; and 2-4 WHEREAS, A graduate of Prairie View A&M School of Nursing, 2-5 Ms. Moore began her career as a nurse in the Ben Taub Hospital 2-6 emergency room and, shortly thereafter, earned a promotion to the 2-7 post of emergency center charge nurse; in the ensuing years, she 2-8 advanced rapidly to the post of director of nursing services at the 2-9 hospital before leaving Ben Taub in 1977 to become the 2-10 administrator of Jefferson Davis Hospital, one of the busiest 2-11 hospitals in the United States; and 2-12 WHEREAS, During a decade of able leadership at the helm of 2-13 Jefferson Davis, Ms. Moore acquired a bachelor's degree in nursing 2-14 and a master's degree in education; in 1987 she was appointed chief 2-15 operating officer for the Harris County Hospital District, which 2-16 led to her current position as district president and CEO two years 2-17 later; and 2-18 WHEREAS, A prominent member of a number of statewide and 2-19 national professional organizations, Ms. Moore is a recognized 2-20 authority in her field who has shared her expertise with First Lady 2-21 Hillary Rodham Clinton's committee on national health care reform 2-22 and served as a key member of Governor Ann Richards's Task Force on 2-23 Health Care; and 2-24 WHEREAS, Ms. Moore has garnered numerous accolades for her 2-25 professional accomplishments, including the 1994 Tree of Life Award 2-26 from the Jewish National Fund and a listing in Who's Who in 2-27 America; she also is well regarded in her community, where she is 3-1 actively involved in civic affairs as a board member of such worthy 3-2 organizations as the American Red Cross, the United Way, and the 3-3 March of Dimes; and 3-4 WHEREAS, At home, she enjoys a happy and rewarding marriage 3-5 with her husband, Harold Moore, and experienced the joy of becoming 3-6 a grandmother in March 1995 with the birth of a child to her 3-7 daughter, Yolanda, and son-in-law, Mike; and 3-8 WHEREAS, Over the course of her remarkable career in hospital 3-9 district administration, Lois Jean Moore has benefitted countless 3-10 individuals in our state's largest city, and she indeed merits our 3-11 highest praise and recognition on the occasion of her most recent 3-12 accomplishment; now, therefore, be it 3-13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 74th Texas 3-14 Legislature hereby congratulate Lois Jean Moore on being named the 3-15 co-recipient of the 1995 Healthcare Provider Award and extend to 3-16 her sincere best wishes for continued happiness and success in the 3-17 future; and, be it further 3-18 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 3-19 prepared for Ms. Moore as an expression of highest regard by the 3-20 Texas House of Representatives.