H.R. No. 798
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The Honorable Dianne White Delisi, state
representative of District 55 in Bell County, has received a 2005
Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service from the
American Medical Association in recognition of her many efforts in
behalf of the health and well-being of her fellow citizens; and
WHEREAS, This prestigious accolade is the highest award that
the nation's largest physician organization can bestow upon those
in public service; named for the founding father of the AMA, it
honors elected and career officials in federal, state, or municipal
service whose contributions have promoted the art and science of
medicine and the betterment of public health; and
WHEREAS, Initially elected in 1990, Representative Delisi is
now in her eighth term in the Texas Legislature, and she currently
chairs the Committee on Public Health; during the 78th Legislative
Session, she led the House Select Committee on State Health Care
Expenditures and authored legislation that established disease
management initiatives for Medicaid and other state-funded health
care programs; she also helped create a Texas driver responsibility
program that funded both trauma care and road repairs; and
WHEREAS, During the 77th Legislative Session, she served on
the Public Health Committee, was the author of a Medicaid budget
reform, and introduced the concept of defined contribution health
benefits to discussions about the teacher health insurance policy;
her other initiatives regarding public health involved children's
health insurance programs, preparation for bioterrorism, access
for rural Texans, mental health and mental retardation services,
nursing home quality, and graduate medical education emphasis and
funding; and
WHEREAS, In addition, she ably served as chair of the House
Appropriations Subcommittee on Tobacco Settlement Disbursement in
the 76th Legislative Session, and was vice chair of the House
Committee on Appropriations from 1995 to 1998; and
WHEREAS, Despite her demanding schedule, Representative
Delisi has lent her expertise as a member of the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation National Advisory Committee for the State Health
Leadership Initiative and as a cofounder of the Task Force on
Smoking and Health; she is presently a member of the executive
committee of the Council for The Forum for State Health Policy
Leadership for the National Conference of State Legislatures and
the Advisory Board of the University of Houston Health Law and
Policy Institute; and
WHEREAS, Representative Delisi's unerring commitment to
public health has earned her the lasting respect and admiration of
countless individuals in the medical field, and she has previously
been honored by the Texas Trauma Coordinators Forum as a "Champion"
of Trauma System Legislation, by the American Heart Association as
Legislator of the Year, and twice by the Texas Public Health
Association with the Outstanding Legislator Award; and
WHEREAS, Dianne White Delisi has tirelessly served the people
of District 55 and the Lone Star State, and her exemplary
contributions toward the betterment of public health in Texas truly
merit special recognition and praise; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate State Representative Dianne White
Delisi on her receipt of the American Medical Association's 2005
Dr. Nathan Davis Award and commend her for her dedication to the
health concerns of all Texans; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Representative Delisi as an expression of high regard
by her colleagues in the Texas House of Representatives.
Woolley
Craddick Giddings Merritt
Allen of Harris Gonzales Miller
Allen of Dallas Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris
Alonzo Goodman Moreno of El Paso
Anchia Goolsby Morrison
Anderson Griggs Mowery
Bailey Grusendorf Naishtat
Baxter Guillen Nixon
Berman Haggerty Noriega
Blake Hamilton Oliveira
Bohac Hamric Olivo
Bonnen Hardcastle Orr
Branch Harper-Brown Otto
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Paxton
Brown of Brazos Hegar Pena
Burnam Herrero Phillips
Callegari Hilderbran Pickett
Campbell Hill Pitts
Casteel Hochberg Puente
Castro Hodge Quintanilla
Chavez Homer Raymond
Chisum 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 Jackson Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Dawson Jones of Dallas Solis
Denny Keel Solomons
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama
Driver Keffer of Eastland Straus
Dukes King of Parker Swinford
Dunnam King of Zavala Talton
Dutton Kolkhorst Taylor
Edwards Krusee Thompson
Eiland Kuempel Truitt
Eissler Laney Turner
Elkins Laubenberg Uresti
Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale
Farabee Luna Veasey
Farrar Madden Villarreal
Flores Martinez Vo
Flynn Martinez Fischer West
Frost McCall Wong
Gallego McClendon Woolley
Gattis McReynolds Zedler
Geren Menendez
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 798 was adopted by the House on March
17, 2005, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House