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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 18
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WHEREAS, Adelaide Horn is retiring as commissioner of the |
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Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services in August 2009, |
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drawing to a close an outstanding career in public service; 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, Addie 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 the Texas Department of Aging and |
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Disability Services in 2004; and |
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WHEREAS, The department's commissioner since 2006, Addie |
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Horn has overseen all of the agency's activities and care |
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services as well as its nearly 15,000 employees; in this role, |
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she has sought to enhance the overall system of care for |
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individuals who are aging or have disabilities, and she has |
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increased funding for programs and development, reached more |
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clients, and introduced cost-effective practices; in addition, |
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she developed the state's nationally recognized Promoting |
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Independence Plan and Initiative; and |
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WHEREAS, Addie Horn has been recognized for her |
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achievements on numerous occasions, earning the 1999 Leadership |
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Award from the Texas Association on Mental Retardation and the |
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2004 Public Servant of the Year designation from the Coalition of |
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Texans with Disabilities; in addition, she is the coauthor of |
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"Addressing Consumer Expectations in Texas," which was published |
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in a 2000 issue of the journal of the American Association on |
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Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and in 2004, she |
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completed the Governor's Executive Development Program at The |
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University of Texas 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 |
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spent as she prepares to embark on the next exciting chapter of |
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her life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby honor Adelaide Horn on |
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the occasion of her retirement from the Texas Department of Aging |
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and Disability Services and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for her as an expression of high regard from the Texas |
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Senate. |
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Nelson |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on July 2, 2009. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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________________________________ |
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Member, Texas Senate |