H.R. No. 274

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Paso del Norte Health Foundation is marking its
	20th anniversary on September 30, 2015; and
	WHEREAS, In 1995, the foundation was established to promote
	wellness among people in the Paso del Norte region, which includes
	El Paso and Hudspeth Counties in Texas, Doña Ana, Luna, and Otero
	Counties in New Mexico, and the City of Juarez in Mexico; its
	primary focus is to improve quality of life through health
	education and disease prevention; and
	WHEREAS, The foundation benefited from an initial investment
	of $130 million from the sale of the not-for-profit Providence
	Memorial Hospital; since the organization's inception, its
	administrators have provided skillful stewardship of the
	investment trust to ensure that the foundation can continue its
	work in behalf of generations to come; and
	WHEREAS, Maintaining more than $200 million in holdings, the
	Paso del Norte Health Foundation leverages its resources to improve
	regional access to clean water, to diminish environmental hazards
	from lead and pesticides, and to help achieve reductions in
	regional smoking rates, sedentary lifestyles, obesity, and teenage
	pregnancy; it also supports child abuse prevention, and it sponsors
	a wide range of programs to advance early childhood development,
	youth engagement, emotional health, and healthy family and social
	environments; and
	WHEREAS, This noteworthy organization shares with other
	groups the knowledge gained through its research and analysis; both
	in the United States and abroad, its initiatives have been
	recognized as worthwhile models for community engagement and the
	collaborative development of solutions to complex health issues;
	and
	WHEREAS, Through its leadership in promoting good health over
	the past two decades, the Paso del Norte Health Foundation has made
	a lasting, positive difference in quality of life for the people of
	the region, and its management and staff may reflect with pride on
	the group's many accomplishments; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Paso del
	Norte Health Foundation and extend to all those associated with the
	organization sincere best wishes for continued success in their
	important work; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for the foundation as an expression of high regard by the
	Texas House of Representatives.
	Pickett
	Márquez
	Moody
	González
	Straus Guerra Otto
	Allen Guillen Paddie
	Alonzo Gutierrez Parker
	Alvarado Harless Paul
	Anchia Hernandez Peña
	Anderson of Dallas Herrero Phelan
	Anderson of McLennan Howard Phillips
	Ashby Huberty Pickett
	Aycock Hughes Price
	Bell Hunter Raney
	Blanco Isaac Raymond
	Bohac Israel Reynolds
	Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Riddle
	Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rinaldi
	Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar
	Burns Keough Rodriguez of Travis
	Burrows King of Hemphill Romero, Jr.
	Button King of Parker Rose
	Canales King of Taylor Sanford
	Capriglione King of Uvalde Schaefer
	Clardy Klick Schofield
	Coleman Koop Shaheen
	Collier Krause Sheets
	Cook Kuempel Sheffield
	Craddick Landgraf Simmons
	Crownover Larson Simpson
	Dale Laubenberg Smith
	Darby Leach Smithee
	Davis of Dallas Longoria Spitzer
	Davis of Harris Lozano Springer
	Deshotel Lucio III Stephenson
	Dukes Márquez Stickland
	Dutton Martinez Thompson of Brazoria
	Elkins Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris
	Faircloth McClendon Tinderholt
	Fallon Menéndez Turner of Collin
	Farias Metcalf Turner of Harris
	Farney Meyer Turner of Tarrant
	Farrar Miles VanDeaver
	Fletcher Miller of Comal Villalba
	Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo
	Frank Moody Walle
	Frullo Morrison White of Bell
	Galindo Muñoz, Jr. White of Tyler
	Geren Murphy Workman
	Giddings Murr Wray
	Goldman Naishtat Wu
	Gonzales Nevárez Zedler
	González Oliveira Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 274 was adopted by the House on February
	11, 2015, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House