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1	1	H.R. No. 667
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, Texas Medical Association physicians, resident
6	6	physicians, medical students, and Alliance members are visiting the
7	7	State Capitol on the first Tuesday of every month during the 81st
8	8	Texas Legislature to discuss issues of importance to the medical
9	9	profession; and
10	10	WHEREAS, The TMA and the TMA Alliance began the First
11	11	Tuesdays program at the State Capitol in 2003; and
12	12	WHEREAS, During each session since then, TMA physicians, TMA
13	13	Alliance members, residents, and medical students have come to
14	14	Austin from across Texas to visit their senators and
15	15	representatives to discuss the association's legislative agenda;
16	16	and
17	17	WHEREAS, The First Tuesdays at the Capitol program has grown
18	18	steadily and has become a resounding success; the number of "white
19	19	coats" walking the halls of the Capitol makes a big impression, as
20	20	physicians advocate policy solutions to improve health care
21	21	delivery for their patients; and
22	22	WHEREAS, The Texas Medical Association and the Texas Medical
23	23	Association Alliance work together to train, provide policy and
24	24	legislative briefings, and provide support to all First Tuesday
25	25	participants so that they are able to educate senators and
26	26	representatives and their staffs about TMA's legislative
27	27	proposals; and
28	28	WHEREAS, In 2009, those taking part in First Tuesdays at the
29	29	Capitol will discuss the need for health insurance reform, for
30	30	protecting medical liability reforms, to improve funding and reduce
31	31	administrative burdens for the Medicaid and CHIP programs, to
32	32	increase patient safety, and for keeping new medical school
33	33	graduates in Texas; they will also discuss finding constructive
34	34	solutions to reducing obesity, increasing immunizations, and
35	35	dealing with other public health issues; and
36	36	WHEREAS, April 7, 2009, is the day set aside for medical
37	37	students and residents, those representing the next generation of
38	38	Texas physicians, to share their ideas on improving medical care
39	39	and on helping Texas continue to be the best state in which to
40	40	practice medicine; and
41	41	WHEREAS, The "White Coat Invasions" on February 3, March 3,
42	42	April 7, and May 5, 2009, allow the skilled and hardworking
43	43	physicians of Texas the opportunity to make their concerns known
44	44	directly to their elected representatives, and this monthly event
45	45	is truly worthy of recognition; now, therefore, be it
46	46	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
47	47	Legislature hereby welcome the participants in the First Tuesdays
48	48	at the Capitol program of the Texas Medical Association and the
49	49	Texas Medical Association Alliance and extend best wishes to the
50	50	medical care professionals who are giving their time to this
51	51	important endeavor.
52	52	Shelton
53	53	King of Taylor
54	54	______________________________
55	55	Speaker of the House
56	56	I certify that H.R. No. 667 was adopted by the House on March
57	57	3, 2009, by a non-record vote.
58	58	______________________________
59	59	Chief Clerk of the House