Bill Text: TX HR1854 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing May 8-14, 2011, as National Hospital Week in Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-19 - Reported enrolled [HR1854 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR1854-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1854 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Texas provides vital health care services to its | ||
| residents through more than 590 hospitals, which together house | ||
| some 82,000 licensed beds; and | ||
| WHEREAS, These diverse institutions range from general | ||
| acute-care and pediatric hospitals to psychiatric, rehabilitation, | ||
| long-term acute-care, and other specialty facilities; about 27 | ||
| percent are located in rural areas of the state, while more than 73 | ||
| percent are in urban areas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, During 2009, Texas hospitals provided care for an | ||
| estimated 2.7 million inpatients, 37 million outpatients, and 9.5 | ||
| million emergency patients, and they were the site of 808,000 | ||
| inpatient surgeries and 395,000 births; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over 260 of the state's hospitals are designated | ||
| trauma facilities and staffed by specially trained physicians and | ||
| nurses, as well as supported by EMS personnel who provide urgent | ||
| prehospital care through ground and air transportation; this trauma | ||
| system is critical to the health and economic well-being of Texas; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Hospitals rank as the number two source of private | ||
| sector jobs in rural areas of the state and are among the top 20 | ||
| employers in major metropolitan areas, with approximately 366,000 | ||
| full-time and part-time employees statewide, including some | ||
| 120,000 registered nurses and licensed vocational nurses; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Jobs in Texas hospitals generate approximately $137 | ||
| billion in economic activity annually, and one in nine U.S. jobs are | ||
| supported either directly or indirectly by hospitals; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texas has the highest rate of uninsured residents in | ||
| the nation, and hospitals are required by state and federal law to | ||
| assess and stabilize all who come to the emergency room, without | ||
| regard to their ability to pay; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Hospitals stand ready to serve 24 hours a day, 7 days | ||
| a week, 365 days a year, and it is indeed fitting to acknowledge the | ||
| contributions of these vital institutions; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby join in observing May 8-14, 2011, as National | ||
| Hospital Week and in recognizing all those who serve in hospitals | ||
| across the Lone Star State. | ||
| Kolkhorst | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1854 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 13, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
