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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Camille D. Miller of Austin is retiring as president |
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| 6 | 7 | | and chief executive officer of the Texas Health Institute on |
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| 7 | 8 | | September 16, 2017, concluding a 22-year tenure at the helm of the |
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| 8 | 9 | | agency and drawing to a close four decades of service to her fellow |
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| 9 | 10 | | Texans; and |
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| 10 | 11 | | WHEREAS, A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, |
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| 11 | 12 | | Ms. Miller holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's |
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| 12 | 13 | | degree in social work; she was hired by Governor Preston Smith's |
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| 13 | 14 | | office in 1970 as a statistician in the Division of Planning |
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| 14 | 15 | | Coordination, and she became director of plans and research during |
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| 15 | 16 | | the Dolph Briscoe administration; subsequently, she joined the |
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| 16 | 17 | | Manpower Services Division in the Texas Department of Community |
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| 17 | 18 | | Affairs and was its assistant director before becoming a partner in |
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| 18 | 19 | | Dimension Associates, a private consulting firm; and |
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| 19 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Miller returned to state government in 1982 and |
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| 20 | 21 | | rose to become director of policy and research in the office of the |
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| 21 | 22 | | lieutenant governor under William P. Hobby; later, she served with |
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| 22 | 23 | | Bob Bullock in both the office of the comptroller and the office of |
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| 23 | 24 | | the lieutenant governor; she briefly led the newly created Texas |
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| 24 | 25 | | Department of Protective and Regulatory Affairs as interim |
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| 25 | 26 | | executive director in the early 1990s and then served as chief of |
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| 26 | 27 | | staff for Senator Judith Zaffirini at the Senate Committee on |
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| 27 | 28 | | Health and Human Services; and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, In 1995, Ms. Miller became Medicaid Project |
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| 29 | 30 | | director for the Texas Hospital Association, and she took on |
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| 30 | 31 | | leadership of the Texas Institute for Health Policy Research the |
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| 31 | 32 | | following year; she has served her profession in numerous |
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| 32 | 33 | | capacities, among them chair of the National Network of Public |
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| 33 | 34 | | Health Institutes and the National State Health Policy Centers |
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| 34 | 35 | | Collaborative, and her many accolades include lifetime achievement |
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| 35 | 36 | | awards from both the National Association of Social Workers and its |
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| 36 | 37 | | Texas chapter and an honorary doctorate in public service from the |
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| 37 | 38 | | board of regents of the University of North Texas Health Science |
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| 38 | 39 | | Center; and |
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| 39 | 40 | | WHEREAS, Camille Miller has made a lasting, positive |
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| 40 | 41 | | difference in many lives through her outstanding contributions in |
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| 41 | 42 | | public service and public policy, and she may indeed take pride in a |
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| 42 | 43 | | career well spent; now, therefore, be it |
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| 43 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 44 | 45 | | Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Camille |
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| 45 | 46 | | Miller on her retirement as president and CEO of the Texas Health |
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| 46 | 47 | | Institute and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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| 47 | 48 | | be it further |
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| 48 | 49 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 49 | 50 | | prepared for Ms. Miller as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 50 | 51 | | House of Representatives. |
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