R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 WHEREAS, The State of Texas is committed to making health
1-2 insurance available to children through the TexCare Partnership;
1-3 and
1-4 WHEREAS, More than 250,000 children were enrolled in Medicaid
1-5 and the Children's Health Insurance Program of Texas in the first
1-6 10 months of the TexCare Partnership since outreach began in April
1-7 2000; and
1-8 WHEREAS, The success of this outreach effort would not have
1-9 been possible without unique public and private collaborative
1-10 efforts; and
1-11 WHEREAS, The TexCare Partnership Urban County Challenge
1-12 Program, as created and instituted by the United Ways of Texas,
1-13 local United Ways across the state, TexCare Partnership
1-14 community-based organizations, and the Conference of Urban
1-15 Counties, represents one of the most innovative public and private
1-16 partnership efforts to ensure families' access to children's health
1-17 insurance; and
1-18 WHEREAS, April 3, 2001, marks the first anniversary of the
1-19 TexCare Partnership and the Children's Health Insurance Program of
1-20 Texas, and it is fitting to honor all those who have contributed to
1-21 the program's success in the past year; now, therefore, be it
1-22 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas
1-23 Legislature hereby express appreciation to the United Ways of Texas
1-24 statewide organization and local United Ways members, the
2-1 Conference of Urban Counties, and the TexCare Partnership
2-2 community-based organizations for their creativity and commitment
2-3 in bringing together the best of the private and public sectors to
2-4 bring health insurance to hundreds of thousands of Texas children.
Gray
Laney Goodman Merritt
Alexander Goolsby Miller
Allen Gray Moreno of Harris
Averitt Green Moreno of El Paso
Bailey Grusendorf Morrison
Berman Gutierrez Mowery
Bonnen Haggerty Naishtat
Bosse Hamric Najera
Brimer Hardcastle Nixon
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Noriega
Brown of Brazos Hawley Oliveira
Burnam Heflin Olivo
Callegari Hilbert Pickett
Capelo Hilderbran Pitts
Carter Hill Puente
Chavez Hinojosa Ramsay
Chisum Hochberg Rangel
Christian Hodge Raymond
Clark Homer Reyna of Bexar
Coleman Hope Reyna of Dallas
Cook Hopson Ritter
Corte Howard Sadler
Counts Hunter Salinas
Crabb Hupp Seaman
Craddick Isett Shields
Crownover Janek Smith
Danburg Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Davis of Harris Jones of Bexar Solis
Davis of Dallas Jones of Dallas Solomons
Delisi Junell Swinford
Denny Keel Talton
Deshotel Keffer Telford
Driver King of Parker Thompson
Dukes King of Uvalde Tillery
Dunnam Kitchen Truitt
Dutton Kolkhorst Turner of Coleman
Edwards Krusee Turner of Harris
Ehrhardt Kuempel Uher
Eiland Lewis of Tarrant Uresti
Elkins Lewis of Orange Villarreal
Ellis Longoria Walker
Farabee Luna West
Farrar McCall Williams
Flores McClendon Wilson
Gallego McReynolds Wise
Garcia Madden Wohlgemuth
George Marchant Wolens
Geren Martinez Fischer Woolley
Giddings Maxey Yarbrough
Glaze Menendez Zbranek
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 608 was adopted by the House on April
3, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House