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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Adelaide Horn is retiring as commissioner of the |
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Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) in August |
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2009, drawing to a close an outstanding career in public service; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of more than three decades, Addie |
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Horn has developed expertise in such areas as institutional and |
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community care services, policy development, consumer affairs, |
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vocational rehabilitation, and program coordination, and she is |
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highly regarded by her colleagues for her extensive knowledge of |
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legal and legislative issues; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Horn was on the staff of the Austin-Travis |
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County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center, and she later |
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served as the director of programs for the Texas Department of |
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Mental Health and Mental Retardation, where she helped develop a |
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Quality Assurance and Improvement System for Mental Retardation |
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Services; she also worked in the private sector in New Mexico and |
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Indiana, and served as the director of long-term care services for |
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the Texas Health and Human Services Commission before she became |
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the deputy commissioner for DADS in 2004; and |
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WHEREAS, The department's commissioner since 2006, Ms. Horn |
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has overseen all of the agency's activities and care services as |
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well as its nearly 15,000 employees; in this role, she has sought to |
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enhance the overall system of care for individuals who are aging or |
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have disabilities, and she has increased funding for programs and |
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development, reached more clients, and introduced cost-effective |
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practices; in addition, she developed the state's nationally |
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recognized Promoting Independence Plan and Initiative; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Horn has been recognized for her achievements on |
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numerous occasions, earning the 1999 Leadership Award from the |
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Texas Association on Mental Retardation and the 2004 Public Servant |
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of the Year designation from the Coalition of Texans with |
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Disabilities; in addition, she is the coauthor of "Addressing |
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Consumer Expectations in Texas," which was published in a 2000 |
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issue of the journal of the American Association on Intellectual |
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and Developmental Disabilities, and in 2004, she completed the |
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Governor's Executive Development Program at The University of Texas |
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at Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, With the utmost dedication and professionalism, |
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Addie Horn has made significant contributions to the State of |
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Texas, and she may indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent |
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as she prepares to embark on the next exciting chapter of her life; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby honor Adelaide Horn on the |
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occasion of her retirement from the Texas Department of Aging and |
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Disability Services and extend to her sincere best wishes for the |
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future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Horn as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |