1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 507 |
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2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Awareness Day is |
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3 | 3 | | taking place on March 29, 2019; and |
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4 | 4 | | WHEREAS, Ambulatory surgery centers, also known as ASCs, |
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5 | 5 | | are modern health care facilities that provide patients with |
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6 | 6 | | same-day surgical care, including diagnostic and preventive |
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7 | 7 | | procedures, that enable patients to return to their homes to |
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8 | 8 | | recover on the same day; and |
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9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, A growing alternative to hospitalization and other |
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10 | 10 | | institution-based forms of health care, ASCs serve hundreds of |
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11 | 11 | | thousands of Texans each year; they are also an efficient and |
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12 | 12 | | lower-cost option for many patients, resulting in millions of |
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13 | 13 | | dollars in savings for the Texas health care system; and |
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14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Ambulatory surgery centers are helping to meet |
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15 | 15 | | the growing demand for quality, cost-efficient, and more |
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16 | 16 | | convenient outpatient procedures, and Ambulatory Surgery Center |
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17 | 17 | | Awareness Day offers a welcome opportunity to honor their |
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18 | 18 | | contributions; now, therefore, be it |
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19 | 19 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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20 | 20 | | Legislature, hereby recognize March 29, 2019, as Texas |
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21 | 21 | | Ambulatory Surgery Center Awareness Day and commend ambulatory |
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22 | 22 | | surgery centers for their efforts to address the health care |
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23 | 23 | | needs of Texans. |
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24 | 24 | | Buckingham |
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25 | 25 | | ________________________________ |
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26 | 26 | | President of the Senate |
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27 | 27 | | I hereby certify that the |
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28 | 28 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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29 | 29 | | the Senate on March 27, 2019. |
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30 | 30 | | ________________________________ |
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31 | 31 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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32 | 32 | | ________________________________ |
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33 | 33 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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