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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. |