H.R. No. 449
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Camille D. Miller of Austin is retiring as president
and chief executive officer of the Texas Health Institute on
September 16, 2017, concluding a 22-year tenure at the helm of the
agency and drawing to a close four decades of service to her fellow
Texans; and
WHEREAS, A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin,
Ms. Miller holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's
degree in social work; she was hired by Governor Preston Smith's
office in 1970 as a statistician in the Division of Planning
Coordination, and she became director of plans and research during
the Dolph Briscoe administration; subsequently, she joined the
Manpower Services Division in the Texas Department of Community
Affairs and was its assistant director before becoming a partner in
Dimension Associates, a private consulting firm; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Miller returned to state government in 1982 and
rose to become director of policy and research in the office of the
lieutenant governor under William P. Hobby; later, she served with
Bob Bullock in both the office of the comptroller and the office of
the lieutenant governor; she briefly led the newly created Texas
Department of Protective and Regulatory Affairs as interim
executive director in the early 1990s and then served as chief of
staff for Senator Judith Zaffirini at the Senate Committee on
Health and Human Services; and
WHEREAS, In 1995, Ms. Miller became Medicaid Project
director for the Texas Hospital Association, and she took on
leadership of the Texas Institute for Health Policy Research the
following year; she has served her profession in numerous
capacities, among them chair of the National Network of Public
Health Institutes and the National State Health Policy Centers
Collaborative, and her many accolades include lifetime achievement
awards from both the National Association of Social Workers and its
Texas chapter and an honorary doctorate in public service from the
board of regents of the University of North Texas Health Science
Center; and
WHEREAS, Camille Miller has made a lasting, positive
difference in many lives through her outstanding contributions in
public service and public policy, and she may indeed take pride in a
career well spent; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Camille
Miller on her retirement as president and CEO of the Texas Health
Institute and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and,
be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Miller as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Hinojosa
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 449 was adopted by the House on August
15, 2017, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House