Bill Text: TX HR2041 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the Texas Podiatric Medical Association on its 100th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2041 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2041-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2041 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Members of the Texas Podiatric Medical Association | ||
| are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the organization's | ||
| founding on June 24, 2017; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The TPMA traces its origins back to October 22, | ||
| 1917, when the Texas Chiropodist Society held its first organized | ||
| meeting; in 1923, the 38th Texas Legislature passed a bill adding | ||
| the practice of chiropody, now known as podiatry, to the Medical | ||
| Practice Act, and in 1939, the State of Texas began independently | ||
| licensing chiropodists; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The organization adopted the Texas Podiatric | ||
| Medical Association as its name in 1986; today, its membership | ||
| includes more than 680 doctors of podiatric medicine, or | ||
| podiatrists, who are uniquely qualified to diagnose and treat | ||
| conditions affecting the foot and ankle; the care that they provide | ||
| to Texas patients can reduce hospitalizations and save millions in | ||
| medical costs, and their services are of crucial importance to | ||
| diabetic patients with complications of the lower extremities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For a century, the Texas Podiatric Medical | ||
| Association has advanced the interests and standard of care of a | ||
| medical profession that is vital to the well-being of countless | ||
| Texans, and it is a pleasure to join in recognizing this special | ||
| milestone in its history; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor the Texas Podiatric Medical Association on | ||
| its centennial celebration and commend the men and women of this | ||
| exemplary organization for their important work; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the Texas Podiatric Medical Association as an | ||
| expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Laubenberg | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2041 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 25, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
