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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Members of the Texas HIV/AIDS Coalition are |
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celebrating their sixth biennial HIV Advocacy Day at the State |
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Capitol on March 29, 2021; and |
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WHEREAS, The Texas HIV/AIDS Coalition is made up of partner |
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organizations and advocates from Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, El |
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Paso, Austin, North Texas, the Rio Grande Valley, and other |
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communities across the state; HIV Advocacy Day is a statewide |
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effort to bring Texans living with HIV and those affected by |
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HIV/AIDS to the Capitol in Austin to help bring visibility to and |
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educate others about the epidemic; and |
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WHEREAS, According to the Department of State Health |
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Services, Texas is home to more than 86,000 people living with HIV, |
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a reality with incalculable public health, social, and financial |
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consequences; the agency estimates that approximately 4,500 Texans |
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per year have been diagnosed with HIV throughout the past decade, |
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which equates to about 12 new diagnoses each day; and |
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WHEREAS, Although we have the medical and scientific |
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knowledge to bring an end to this epidemic, there is still more we |
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must do to address the social factors that perpetuate the spread of |
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HIV, and the Texas HIV/AIDS Coalition is deserving of recognition |
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for its dedicated efforts to support the fight against the disease; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the Texas HIV/AIDS Coalition on the |
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occasion of HIV Advocacy Day at the State Capitol and commend the |
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organization for its work to improve the lives of individuals with |
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HIV; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the coalition as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |