H.R. No. 386R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, The Texas Association of Community Health Centers (TACHC) and its member clinics are rendering exceptional service in addressing the health needs of residents throughout the State of Texas; and WHEREAS, There is a health professional shortage in counties designated as medically underserved areas, and hundreds of Texas families receive preventive health care and ongoing treatment from TACHC clinics; the committed staffs of United Medical Centers, Vida y Salud Health Systems, and South Texas Rural Health Services, which are located in the House District 80 counties of Maverick, Zavala, Kinney, Dimmit, and La Salle, provide high-quality health care to adults and children regardless of patients' health status, insurance coverage, or ability to pay; and WHEREAS, The TACHC clinics offer treatment in such specialities as pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, and family practice; further, some facilities are equipped to provide clients with laboratory, pharmacy, radiology, and WIC services, as well as family planning, HIV/AIDS testing and counseling, social services, health education, nutrition counseling, and transportation assistance; and WHEREAS, The nonprofit TACHC serves as the primary care association for the state; the organization advocates in behalf of its member clinics at the state and national levels and provides help with grant-writing, pharmacy and lab contracts, recruitment and retention programs, and other technical matters; and WHEREAS, The staffs of TACHC and its member clinics are committed to maintaining and improving the health of their fellow citizens, and their outstanding efforts are indeed deserving of legislative recognition at this time; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature hereby commend all those affiliated with the Texas Association of Community Health Centers and extend to them warmest wishes for continued success in their vital work. Garza Craddick Giddings Merritt Allen Goodman Miller Alonzo Goolsby Moreno of Harris Bailey Griggs Moreno of El Paso Baxter Grusendorf Morrison Berman Guillen Mowery Bohac Gutierrez Naishtat Bonnen Haggerty Nixon Branch Hamilton Noriega Brown of Kaufman Hamric Oliveira Brown of Brazos Hardcastle Olivo Burnam Harper-Brown Paxton Callegari Hartnett Pena Campbell Heflin Phillips Canales Hegar Pickett Capelo Hilderbran Pitts Casteel Hill Puente Castro Hochberg Quintanilla Chavez Hodge Rangel Chisum Homer Raymond Christian Hope Reyna Coleman Hopson Riddle Cook of Navarro Howard Ritter Cook of Colorado Hughes Rodriguez Corte Hunter Rose Crabb Hupp Seaman Crownover Isett Smith of Tarrant Davis of Harris Jones of Lubbock Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Jones of Bexar Smithee Dawson Jones of Dallas Solis Delisi Keel Solomons Denny Keffer of Dallas Stick Deshotel Keffer of Eastland Swinford Driver King Talton Dukes Kolkhorst Taylor Dunnam Krusee Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Laney Truitt Eiland Laubenberg Turner Eissler Lewis Uresti Elkins Luna Van Arsdale Ellis Mabry Villarreal Farabee Madden West Farrar Marchant Wilson Flores Martinez Fischer Wise Flynn McCall Wohlgemuth Gallego McClendon Wolens Garza McReynolds Wong Gattis Menendez Woolley Geren Mercer Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 386 was adopted by the House on March 5, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House