By Gray                                                H.R. No. 608
         77R8478 MW-F                           
                                 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 Counties
1-15     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.