81R31349 CBE-D
By: Kolkhorst H.R. No. 2030
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Members of the health care community are gathering
at the Capitol on May 12, 2009, for Texas EMS Trauma & Acute Care
Foundation Day; and
WHEREAS, A not-for-profit organization, the Texas EMS Trauma &
Acute Care Foundation helps to support the Department of State
Health Services as the department continues to develop the Texas
EMS/Trauma System; and
WHEREAS, The foundation's mission is to minimize the human
suffering and economic cost created by health-related emergencies,
traumatic injuries, and crisis events in Texas, and it seeks to
accomplish this through several goals, one of which is to increase
public awareness of these very effects; others include working to
advance research, education, funding mechanisms, and quality of
care; and
WHEREAS, In addition, the foundation is working to promote
cohesive networks of care and to foster an EMS/trauma system based
on collaboration between EMS personnel, physicians, nurses, trauma
centers, hospital administrative staff, allied health care
professionals, regional advisory councils, public health agencies,
firefighters, law enforcement officers, educators, payers,
employers, and communities; and
WHEREAS, The ability of the state to respond to a wide range
of emergencies, traumas, and crises is benefited by the efforts of
the Texas EMS Trauma & Acute Care Foundation, and it is fitting to
honor all those involved in this vital cause; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby commemorate May 12, 2009, as Texas EMS Trauma &
Acute Care Foundation Day at the Capitol; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the foundation as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.