H.R. No. 256

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, For more than 40 years, Shriners Hospitals for
	Children--Galveston has provided exceptional care to countless
	children from across the Lone Star State and beyond; and
	WHEREAS, The Shriners Hospitals system conducts innovative
	research and provides specialized, family-centered care to
	children at no cost at 22 facilities located throughout the United
	States and in Canada and Mexico; the facility in Galveston dates
	back to the mid-1960s, when the Shriners of North America announced
	the creation of three burn institutes; Dr. Truman Blocker, chief
	administrative officer of The University of Texas Medical Branch,
	met with representatives from Shriners Hospitals to encourage them
	to build one of these facilities in Galveston, where hospital staff
	could work closely with the team at UTMB and join in their efforts
	to improve treatment methods for burn victims; and
	WHEREAS, Since it opened in 1966, the Shriners Hospitals for
	Children--Galveston has garnered widespread acclaim for its
	comprehensive acute care and reconstructive and rehabilitative
	services; in addition to treating burn injuries and related
	scarring, this 30-bed pediatric hospital has provided both physical
	and emotional rehabilitation and became a pioneering research and
	teaching center; recognizing the vital role a family plays in a
	child's ability to overcome an injury, the staff of Shriners
	Hospitals for Children has implemented a family-centered approach
	in which children's loved ones are involved throughout treatment
	and recovery; and
	WHEREAS, The additional services that the Galveston facility
	has offered include caregiver training classes, transition
	assistance, emotional support and counseling, on-site tutoring,
	scar prevention, pain management, music therapy, and special
	playroom activities; the hospital has also sponsored at least 12
	outreach clinics annually for the purpose of treating children with
	burn injuries in such locations as New Orleans and Mexico;
	moreover, the Shriners Hospitals for Children--Galveston has
	maintained its longstanding partnership with UTMB, and with shared
	facility space, equipment, and clinical and research staff, this
	unique collaboration has led to many significant medical
	developments; and
	WHEREAS, Since the Shriners of North America first made the
	commitment to advance the treatment of burns, a child's chance of
	surviving these injuries has more than doubled, and their
	facilities have become leaders in this type of care and research;
	the Galveston hospital has played a major role in these notable
	achievements, yet the facility has halted its renovation and
	remains closed after sustaining significant damage during
	Hurricane Ike in September 2008; although its operations are
	currently suspended, the Shriners Hospitals for
	Children--Galveston is worthy of special recognition for its
	exemplary contributions to the field of medicine and to the health
	and well-being of many children in need; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
	Legislature hereby honor Shriners Hospitals for
	Children--Galveston for its outstanding service throughout the
	past four decades and extend to all those associated with the
	facility sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Shriners Hospitals for Children--Galveston as an
	expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
	Eiland
	Straus Gattis Menendez
	Allen Geren Merritt
	Alonzo Giddings Miklos
	Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
	Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
	Anderson Guillen Moody
	Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
	Berman Hamilton Naishtat
	Bohac Hancock Oliveira
	Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
	Bonnen Harless Orr
	Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
	Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
	Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
	Burnam Hernandez Patrick
	Button Herrero Paxton
	Callegari Hilderbran Pena
	Castro Hochberg Phillips
	Chavez Hodge Pickett
	Chisum Homer Pierson
	Christian Hopson Pitts
	Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
	Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
	Cook Hughes Riddle
	Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
	Crabb Isett Ritter
	Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
	Creighton Jones Rose
	Crownover Keffer Sheffield
	Darby Kent Shelton
	Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
	Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
	Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
	Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
	Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
	Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
	Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
	Edwards Legler Thibaut
	Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
	Eissler Lewis Truitt
	Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
	England Madden Turner of Harris
	Farabee Maldonado Vaught
	Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
	Farrar Marquez Villarreal
	Fletcher Martinez Vo
	Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
	Flynn McCall Weber
	Frost McClendon Woolley
	Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 256 was adopted by the House on
	February 4, 2009, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House