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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Amelia Bluhm retired from Tropical Texas Behavioral |
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Health in the Rio Grande Valley in January 2025, drawing to a close |
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an exemplary career in nursing that spanned more than 55 years; and |
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WHEREAS, "Molly" Bluhm began her career in health care at a |
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hospital nursing home; after her daughter was born, she decided to |
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find a job that would allow her to work a more regular schedule; she |
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started at Edinburg Diagnostic and Evaluation Center, now known as |
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Tropical Texas Behavioral Health, on January 6, 1969, beginning a |
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long and rewarding tenure with the mental health care facility; and |
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WHEREAS, During her time at TTBH, Ms. Bluhm took on a variety |
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of roles, including working in the day activity center, helping |
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with state school applications, and making home visits; for the |
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past 25 years, she worked as a licensed vocational nurse in the |
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children's department, where she excelled at building strong |
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connections with her patients; she witnessed significant changes in |
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mental health treatment in South Texas through the decades, with |
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more patients being able to remain in their homes while undergoing |
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therapy rather than relocating to state facilities; seeing the |
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growth in the profession and being able to apply her knowledge to |
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help patients were the aspects of her career that she found most |
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rewarding; and |
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WHEREAS, Molly Bluhm upheld the highest standards of her |
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profession over the course of more than a half century of dedicated |
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service, and she may take well-deserved pride in her outstanding |
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record of achievement as she embarks on the next exciting chapter of |
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her life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Amelia Bluhm on her retirement from |
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Tropical Texas Behavioral Health and extend to her sincere best |
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wishes for 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 Ms. Bluhm as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |