Bill Text: TX HR2060 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Honoring The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas for its contributions in research, education, and health care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-24 - Reported enrolled [HR2060 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HR2060-Enrolled.html

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H.R. No. 2060

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
at Dallas continues to excel at its mission of conducting
internationally recognized research, educating leaders in the
health field, and delivering quality medical care; and
WHEREAS, This renowned medical center comprises three
degree-granting institutions: the Graduate School of Biomedical
Sciences, the Medical School, and the School of Health Professions;
and
WHEREAS, The UT Southwestern Medical Center boasts a long
history of discoveries that have changed the way the world thinks
about the most challenging and devastating diseases and that have
resulted in important improvements in treatment and outcomes; these
discoveries have led to an unprecedented number of coveted national
and international honors for UT Southwestern faculty, including
election to membership in our nation's most prestigious medical
research organizations; and
WHEREAS, One measure of the esteem in which the faculty is
held is the fact that it includes 95 percent of all men and women at
state health-related institutions in Texas who have been accorded
membership in the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest
honors attainable by an American scientist; with the recent
election of Dr. Luis F. Parada, an expert in nerve growth and
regeneration, to membership in the NAS and with the recruitment of
another NAS member, Dr. Bruce Alan Beutler, an expert in medical
genetics and immunology, the UT Southwestern faculty now includes
20 individuals who have been inducted into the academy; and
WHEREAS, The UT Southwestern Medical Center is also home to
100 percent of all scientists based at state health-related
institutions in Texas who currently hold appointment as an
investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a coveted
honor that brings many millions of dollars in private grant funding
to Texas; moreover, four researchers at the medical center have won
the Nobel Prize, and three of its Nobel Laureates are still active
members of the faculty; and
WHEREAS, Through its own hospitals and through associated
health care facilities, UT Southwestern delivers patient care that
is among the best in the nation; U.S. News and World Report
recently ranked the medical center number one among hospitals in
the Dallas-Fort Worth area; the faculty and residents of the center
care for nearly 100,000 hospitalized patients and oversee
approximately 1.9 million outpatient visits each year, and faculty
physicians annually provide $427 million in unreimbursed services
to indigent patients, more than is provided by any other
health-related institution in the state; and
WHEREAS, UT Southwestern also plays an important role in the
region's economy, employing 11,000 area residents, managing an
annual operating budget of nearly $1.5 billion, and bringing to
Texas $415 million in external research grants annually; and
WHEREAS, Dedicated to improving health care through
research, innovation, and education, The University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center is developing the next generation of
lifesaving treatments and health care professionals, and it is
indeed deserving of commendation for its extraordinary record of
achievement; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby honor The University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center at Dallas for its distinguished contributions in
research, education, and health care and extend to all those
associated with the institution sincere best wishes for continued
success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the UT Southwestern Medical Center as an expression of
high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
Anchia
Johnson
Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison
Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr.
Allen Gooden Murphy
Alonzo Guillen Naishtat
Alvarado Gutierrez Nash
Anchia Hamilton Oliveira
Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr
Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto
Aycock Harless Parker
Beck Harper-Brown Patrick
Berman Hartnett Paxton
Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena
Bonnen Hilderbran Perry
Branch Hochberg Phillips
Brown Hopson Pickett
Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts
Burnam Howard of Travis Price
Button Huberty Quintanilla
Cain Hughes Raymond
Callegari Hunter Reynolds
Carter Isaac Riddle
Castro Jackson Ritter
Chisum Johnson Rodriguez
Christian Keffer Schwertner
Coleman King of Parker Scott
Cook King of Taylor Sheets
Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield
Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton
Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson
Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant
J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee
S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons
Deshotel Lavender Strama
Driver Legler Taylor of Collin
Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston
Dutton Lozano Thompson
Eiland Lucio III Torres
Eissler Lyne Truitt
Elkins Madden Turner
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
Farrar Margo Villarreal
Fletcher Marquez Vo
Flynn Martinez Walle
Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber
Gallego McClendon White
Garza Menendez Woolley
Geren Miles Workman
Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler
Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2060 was adopted by the House on May 23,
2011, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House