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

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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-Introduced.html

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82R26621 MMS-D
By: Anchia 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.