Bill Text: TX HR1731 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 60th anniversary of Ben Taub Hospital in Houston.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-25 - Reported enrolled [HR1731 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1731-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1731 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Ben Taub Hospital in Houston is celebrating its 60th | ||
| anniversary on May 24, 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Located in the Texas Medical Center, Ben Taub | ||
| Hospital is an acute care facility and elite Level I trauma center; | ||
| it features some 400 licensed beds, and it houses the Ginni and | ||
| Richard Mithoff Trauma Center, which cares for more than 80,000 | ||
| emergency patients each year; moreover, the hospital is staffed by | ||
| physician faculty and residents from Baylor College of medicine, | ||
| and it serves as a teaching facility for future health care | ||
| providers; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In addition to its trauma, stroke, emergency and | ||
| acute care services, Ben Taub Hospital provides outpatient clinical | ||
| care in a wide variety of medical specialties; among its many | ||
| accolades, the hospital has received Comprehensive Stroke Center | ||
| Certification from DNV GL Healthcare as well as the Get With The | ||
| Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Award and the Target: Stroke | ||
| Honor Roll-Elite Plus award from the American Heart | ||
| Association/American Stroke Association; the hospital has also | ||
| been named a Chest Pain Center and a Mission: Lifeline Gold Plus | ||
| Receiving Center for heart attack treatment; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For six decades, Ben Taub Hospital has remained a | ||
| trusted source for high-quality care in the Houston area, and the | ||
| sterling reputation it has built is a testament to the many | ||
| physicians, nurses, associates, and volunteers who have fulfilled | ||
| its mission of healing; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the 60th anniversary of Ben Taub | ||
| Hospital and extend to all those affiliated with the institution | ||
| sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the hospital as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| A. Johnson of Harris | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1731 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 25, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
