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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Community members, students, faculty, and staff |
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from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso are |
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gathering on March 6, 2023, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the |
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institution becoming an independent university within the Texas |
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Tech University System; and |
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WHEREAS, Since 1973, Texas Tech University Health Sciences |
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Center El Paso has provided quality medical education and primary |
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health care to the West Texas area; it was initially created as a |
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Regional Academic Health Center for the TTU School of Medicine, and |
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on May 18, 2013, Governor Rick Perry signed S.B. 120 to formally |
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establish TTUHSC El Paso as the fourth of five freestanding |
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universities in the Texas Tech University System; with a focus on |
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researching cancer, diabetes and metabolism, infectious diseases, |
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and neurosciences, the university works to address health problems |
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among the Hispanic population, and each year, its physicians, |
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clinics, and partnering hospitals provide more than $33 million in |
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uncompensated health care services to the El Paso community; and |
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WHEREAS, The only health sciences center along the |
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U.S.-Mexico border, TTUHSC El Paso encompasses four schools, the |
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Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing, the L. Frederick Francis |
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Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Paul L. Foster School |
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of Medicine, and the Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine; while |
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partnering with local hospitals, the university provides vital |
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opportunities for medical residency, clinical rotations, and |
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postgraduation job placements; and |
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WHEREAS, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso |
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helps to remove barriers to health care and offers students |
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life-changing educational opportunities, and it is a pleasure to |
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join in honoring the university on the occasion of this important |
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milestone in its history; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 10th anniversary of Texas Tech |
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University Health Sciences Center El Paso becoming an independent |
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university within the Texas Tech University System and extend to |
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all those associated with the university sincere best wishes for |
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continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for TTUHSC El Paso as an expression of high regard from the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |