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1	1	H.R. No. 2250
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, The Texas Child Study Center at Dell Children's
6	6	Medical Center of Central Texas is working to fill the critical need
7	7	for mental health services for area children and adolescents; and
8	8	WHEREAS, A collaboration between the medical center and The
9	9	University of Texas Educational Psychology Department, the Texas
10	10	Child Study Center opened on September 15, 2008, with the mission of
11	11	providing comprehensive mental health services to all children in
12	12	the 46-county region of Central Texas; Dr. William Streusand serves
13	13	as the center's medical director, as well as chief of psychiatry at
14	14	Dell Children's Medical Center, and Dr. Kevin Stark serves as the
15	15	center's clinical director of psychology, as well as a professor in
16	16	the UT Department of Educational Psychology; and
17	17	WHEREAS, The center is guided by five goals, which include
18	18	providing evidence-based treatment for children with emotional and
19	19	cognitive diagnoses, training clinicians to work in a
20	20	collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, advancing
21	21	evidence-based care through research programs, developing programs
22	22	to address autism spectrum disorders, depression, and other issues,
23	23	and serving the emotional and cognitive needs of acute and chronic
24	24	medically ill children and their families; and
25	25	WHEREAS, During day to day operations, the center remains
26	26	focused on such core mental health services as psychiatric and
27	27	psychological evaluations, neuropsych and projective psychological
28	28	testing, several types of therapy, parenting sessions, medication
29	29	management, and workshop trainings for community professionals; a
30	30	significant portion of its clients and patients are those on
31	31	Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Plan and also those who
32	32	have no financial means, and the center is supported in part by the
33	33	generosity of private patrons; and
34	34	WHEREAS, Mental health issues interfere with the way people
35	35	think, feel, and behave, affecting all aspects of their lives, and
36	36	their prevalence among youth in Central Texas is considered by many
37	37	to be a public health crisis; the Texas Child Study Center serves as
38	38	a vital source of high quality, compassionate mental health care
39	39	that is making a positive difference in the lives of countless
40	40	people; now, therefore, be it
41	41	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
42	42	Legislature hereby honor the Texas Child Study Center at Dell
43	43	Children's Medical Center of Central Texas and extend to all those
44	44	associated with the center sincere best wishes for continued
45	45	success with their important work; and, be it further
46	46	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
47	47	prepared for the Texas Child Study Center as an expression of high
48	48	regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
49	49	Maldonado
50	50	______________________________
51	51	Speaker of the House
52	52	I certify that H.R. No. 2250 was adopted by the House on May
53	53	25, 2009, by a non-record vote.
54	54	______________________________
55	55	Chief Clerk of the House