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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Camille D. Miller of Austin is retiring as president |
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and chief executive officer of the Texas Health Institute on |
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September 16, 2017, concluding a 22-year tenure at the helm of the |
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agency and drawing to a close four decades of service to her fellow |
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Texans; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, |
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Ms. Miller holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's |
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degree in social work; she was hired by Governor Preston Smith's |
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office in 1970 as a statistician in the Division of Planning |
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Coordination, and she became director of plans and research during |
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the Dolph Briscoe administration; subsequently, she joined the |
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Manpower Services Division in the Texas Department of Community |
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Affairs and was its assistant director before becoming a partner in |
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Dimension Associates, a private consulting firm; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Miller returned to state government in 1982 and |
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rose to become director of policy and research in the office of the |
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lieutenant governor under William P. Hobby; later, she served with |
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Bob Bullock in both the office of the comptroller and the office of |
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the lieutenant governor; she briefly led the newly created Texas |
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Department of Protective and Regulatory Affairs as interim |
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executive director in the early 1990s and then served as chief of |
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staff for Senator Judith Zaffirini at the Senate Committee on |
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Health and Human Services; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1995, Ms. Miller became Medicaid Project |
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director for the Texas Hospital Association, and she took on |
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leadership of the Texas Institute for Health Policy Research the |
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following year; she has served her profession in numerous |
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capacities, among them chair of the National Network of Public |
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Health Institutes and the National State Health Policy Centers |
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Collaborative, and her many accolades include lifetime achievement |
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awards from both the National Association of Social Workers and its |
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Texas chapter and an honorary doctorate in public service from the |
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board of regents of the University of North Texas Health Science |
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Center; and |
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WHEREAS, Camille Miller has made a lasting, positive |
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difference in many lives through her outstanding contributions in |
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public service and public policy, and she may indeed take pride in a |
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career well spent; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Camille |
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Miller on her retirement as president and CEO of the Texas Health |
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Institute and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Miller as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Hinojosa |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 449 was adopted by the House on August |
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15, 2017, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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