Bill Text: TX SR292 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Texas Tech University Health Science Center for its achievements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-08 - Reported enrolled [SR292 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR292-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Students, faculty, and staff of Texas Tech | ||
| University Health Sciences Center are celebrating 54 years as | ||
| an independent university within the Texas Tech University | ||
| system; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Launched in 1969 as Texas Tech University School | ||
| of Medicine, it was renamed Texas Tech University Health Sciences | ||
| Center in 1979 when it became a full-fledged health research | ||
| institution; throughout its history, TTUHSC has been a leader in | ||
| rural health care for the State of Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Today, the university offers top-quality academic | ||
| and clinical education for the next generation of doctors, | ||
| nurses, pharmacists, researchers, and other health care | ||
| professionals while furthering its foundational mission of | ||
| providing world-class health care to the people of West Texas; | ||
| TTUHSC is focused on transforming health care through innovation | ||
| and collaboration, offering solutions that serve as models of | ||
| care throughout the state; the institution encompasses six | ||
| schools, TTUHSC School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, the | ||
| School of Health Professions, the Jerry H. Hodge School of | ||
| Pharmacy, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and the | ||
| Julia Jones Matthews School of Population and Public Health, and | ||
| it maintains campuses in Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas, Lubbock, | ||
| Midland, and Odessa; and | ||
| WHEREAS, TTUHSC educates students, provides patient care, | ||
| and conducts biomedical and clinical research; the university | ||
| graduates the most health care professionals in the State of | ||
| Texas, and it has been recognized as a pioneer in telehealth; | ||
| having served hundreds of thousands of patients since the first | ||
| telemedicine consult in 1990, the institution continues to lead | ||
| efforts to expand access to care in underserved areas; in | ||
| addition, TTUHSC is nationally recognized for innovative | ||
| programs, academic achievement, and cutting-edge research; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has | ||
| graduated more than 37,000 highly qualified health care | ||
| professionals who are serving patients and driving medical | ||
| discovery in tangible, life-changing ways in Texas and around the | ||
| world; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, hereby honor Texas Tech University Health Sciences | ||
| Center on its achievements 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 TTUHSC as an expression of high regard from the | ||
| Texas Senate. | ||
| Perry, Sparks | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 8, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
