1-1 ****** NEED TWO-PAGE HEADER ****** 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 569 1-3 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is committed 1-4 to making health insurance available to children through the 1-5 TexCare Partnership; and 1-6 WHEREAS, More than 250,000 children were enrolled in Medicaid 1-7 and the Children's Health Insurance Program in the first 10 months 1-8 of TexCare Partnership since outreach began in April of 2000; and 1-9 WHEREAS, The success of this outreach effort would not have 1-10 been possible without unique public/private collaborative efforts; 1-11 and 1-12 WHEREAS, The TexCare Partnership Urban County Challenge 1-13 Program, as created and instituted by the United Ways of Texas, 1-14 local United Ways across the state, TexCare Partnership 1-15 Community-Based Organizations, and the Conference of Urban 1-16 Counties, represents one of the most innovative public/private 1-17 partnership efforts to ensure families' access to children's 1-18 health insurance; and 1-19 WHEREAS, April 4, 2001, marks the first anniversary of 1-20 TexCare Partnership and the Children's Health Insurance Program 2-1 of Texas; now, therefore, be it 2-2 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-3 77th Legislature, hereby express appreciation to the United Ways 2-4 of Texas statewide organization, the local United Ways members, 2-5 the Conference of Urban Counties, and the TexCare Partnership 2-6 Community-Based Organizations for their creativity and commitment 2-7 in harnessing the best of the private and public sectors to bring 2-8 health insurance to hundreds of thousands of Texas children; and, 2-9 be it further 2-10 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2-11 them as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. 2-12 Moncrief 2-13 ______________________________________ 2-14 President of the Senate 2-15 I hereby certify that the above 2-16 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-17 on March 26, 2001. 2-18 ______________________________________ 2-19 Secretary of the Senate 2-20 ______________________________________ 2-21 Member, Texas Senate