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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, PermiaCare is marking the 50th anniversary of its |
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founding on April 30, 2019, and this milestone provides an ideal |
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opportunity to recognize this noteworthy institution; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1969, Midland County and the City of Midland |
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established the Midland Mental Health and Mental Retardation |
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Center, providing services to individuals with mental illness or |
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intellectual or developmental disabilities on an outpatient or |
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at-home basis; the center was renamed the Permian Basin Community |
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Centers for MHMR after Ector County and the City of Odessa joined |
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the organization, and over the succeeding years, it continued to |
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expand to encompass Pecos, Brewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff |
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Davis, and Presidio Counties; and |
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WHEREAS, Serving more than 10,500 Texans each year, |
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PermiaCare today offers a wide variety of programs, including those |
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related to mental health, intellectual and developmental |
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disabilities, substance abuse, early childhood intervention, HIV |
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and AIDS, and veterans services; the organization changed its name |
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to PermiaCare in 2018; and |
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WHEREAS, For half a century, PermiaCare has distinguished |
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itself as a resource of inestimable value to the region, and the |
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members of its skilled and dedicated staff are to be commended for |
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the difference they have made in the lives of countless area Texans; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby commemorate the 50th anniversary of PermiaCare and extend to |
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all those associated with the organization sincere best wishes for |
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the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for PermiaCare as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives and Senate. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 155 was adopted by the House on |
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April 26, 2019, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 155 was adopted by the Senate on |
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April 29, 2019, by a viva-voce vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |