Bill Text: TX HR1791 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Memorial Hermann Health System on its receipt of the 2023 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service from the American Hospital Association.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-26 - Reported enrolled [HR1791 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1791-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1791 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Memorial Hermann Health System was named the 2023 | ||
| winner of the Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community | ||
| Service by the American Hospital Association; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Sponsored by the Baxter International Foundation, | ||
| the AHA, and the AHA-affiliated Health Research & Educational | ||
| Trust, the Foster G. McGaw Prize is awarded annually to a health | ||
| care organization that has gone above and beyond to improve | ||
| community health and health equity by forging innovative | ||
| partnerships; Memorial Hermann Health System was honored with the | ||
| award in April 2023 at the AHA Annual Membership Meeting in | ||
| Washington, D.C., where it received $100,000 to go toward programs | ||
| that will further these goals; and | ||
| WHEREAS, With a network of 32,000 employees, 6,700 affiliated | ||
| physicians, and over 265 care delivery sites, Memorial Hermann is | ||
| one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in the state of | ||
| Texas; Memorial Hermann has been hailed for its many | ||
| community-focused initiatives, which include a free, 24-hour nurse | ||
| health line that directs callers to the appropriate level of care, | ||
| thereby helping them to avoid costly and unnecessary emergency room | ||
| visits; it is also recognized for the positive impact it has had in | ||
| the area through its physical fitness initiative StepHEALTHY, its | ||
| health centers serving children who are uninsured or covered by | ||
| Medicaid, its comprehensive community resource centers, and its | ||
| mental health crisis clinics; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Memorial Hermann Health System has distinguished | ||
| itself not only as a premier health care provider but also as a | ||
| considerable force for good in the Greater Houston area, and it has | ||
| set a standard of excellence to which other hospital systems may | ||
| aspire; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Memorial Hermann Health System on | ||
| its receipt of the 2023 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in | ||
| Community Service from the American Hospital Association and extend | ||
| sincere best wishes to all those affiliated with this outstanding | ||
| institution; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Memorial Hermann Health System 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. 1791 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 25, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
