Bill Text: TX SR605 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing April 2019 as National Counseling Awareness Month in Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-23 - Reported enrolled [SR605 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR605-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
| join Texans across the state in recognizing our state's | ||
| professional counselors and in celebrating April 2019 as | ||
| National Counseling Awareness Month in Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, There are more than 12,000 professional school | ||
| counselors and 25,000 licensed professional counselors in Texas, | ||
| making them the largest group of mental health providers in the | ||
| state; and | ||
| WHEREAS, School counselors deliver comprehensive school | ||
| counseling programs that enable students to be successful not | ||
| just in school but in life; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Licensed professional counselors help our | ||
| constituents move through and overcome mental health challenges | ||
| to live healthy and productive lives in our communities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The work that professional counselors do is | ||
| mostly unseen and certainly under-recognized; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas Counseling Association, the largest | ||
| branch of the American Counseling Association, works to increase | ||
| access to professional counselors and promote wellness for all | ||
| Texans; and | ||
| WHEREAS, More than 150 professional counselors are with us | ||
| today in conjunction with the Texas Counseling Association's | ||
| second advocacy day; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commend all professional counselors across | ||
| the state for their invaluable work and extend to them best | ||
| wishes during National Counseling Awareness Month in Texas; and, | ||
| be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in | ||
| honor of this state's professional counselors and as an | ||
| expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Nichols | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on April 23, 2019. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
