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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Children's Health System of Texas has served |
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families and saved lives for more than 100 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Formerly known as Children's Medical Center Dallas, |
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Children's Health ranks today as the nation's sixth-largest |
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pediatric health system, with more than 200,000 individual patients |
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and more than 785,000 patient visits each year; its integrated |
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network of facilities and services encompasses 2 campuses, 18 |
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pediatric offices, and multiple specialty care centers; and |
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WHEREAS, More than 20 percent of all pediatric cancer |
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patients in Texas receive treatment at Children's Health; in |
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addition, the system has the largest pediatric heart center in |
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North Texas, and it implemented the first TeleNICU service in the |
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state in order to provide Level IV neonatal intensive care for |
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patients from across the region; and |
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WHEREAS, In partnership with The University of Texas |
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Southwestern Medical Center, Children's Health established the |
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Children's Medical Center Research Institute; the hospital system |
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also coordinates with community organizations across North Texas to |
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sponsor initiatives that promote the well-being of area residents; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Children's Health employs more than 6,000 Texans, |
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and its medical and dental staff numbers approximately 1,000; an |
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economic engine for the region, it has an impact of approximately |
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$1.6 billion; and |
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WHEREAS, Since its founding in 1913, the Children's Health |
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System of Texas has improved the lives of countless children, and |
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its commitment to excellence and innovation have made it a model |
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institution; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the Children's Health System of Texas for |
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101 years of service to the region and extend to all those |
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associated with the system sincere best wishes for continued |
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success in their important work; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Children's Health as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Johnson |
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Anderson of Dallas |
Hernandez |
Phillips |
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Anderson of McLennan |
Herrero |
Pickett |
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Bonnen of Brazoria |
Johnson |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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Bonnen of Galveston |
Kacal |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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Burkett |
Keffer |
Romero, Jr. |
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Burrows |
King of Hemphill |
Sanford |
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Button |
King of Parker |
Schaefer |
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Canales |
King of Taylor |
Schofield |
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Capriglione |
King of Uvalde |
Schubert |
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Craddick |
Landgraf |
Simpson |
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Cyrier |
Laubenberg |
Smithee |
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Davis of Dallas |
Lozano |
Stephenson |
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Davis of Harris |
Lucio III |
Stickland |
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Deshotel |
Márquez |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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Dukes |
Martinez |
Thompson of Harris |
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Dutton |
Martinez Fischer |
Tinderholt |
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Elkins |
McClendon |
Turner of Collin |
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Faircloth |
Metcalf |
Turner of Harris |
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Fallon |
Meyer |
Turner of Tarrant |
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Farney |
Miller of Comal |
Villalba |
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Farrar |
Miller of Fort Bend |
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Flynn |
Morrison |
White of Bell |
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Muñoz, Jr. |
White of Tyler |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1245 was adopted by the House on March |
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19, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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