87R26989 JGH-D
By: Jetton H.R. No. 1345
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Carol Paret celebrated her 40th anniversary with
Memorial Hermann Health System on May 11, 2021, and this occasion
offers a welcome opportunity to pay tribute to her outstanding
record of service to the largest not-for-profit health system in
Southeast Texas; and
WHEREAS, A native of Silsbee, Ms. Paret holds degrees from
the University of Houston and The University of Texas School of
Public Health; since joining MHHS, she has held a series of
increasingly important roles within the organization, including
leadership positions in the divisions of Facilities and Community
Planning, Business Development, Continuing Medical Education,
Physician Residency and Credentialing, Clinical Effectiveness,
Privacy and Security, and Medical Records and Coding; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Paret currently serves as MHHS senior vice
president, chief community health officer, and CEO of the system's
Community Benefit Corporation, and she has worked tirelessly to
ensure that the underserved and uninsured have access to essential
health benefits; those efforts include finding ways to address the
social determinants of health and facilitating collaborations
between health care providers, government, business, and community
stakeholders, all in order to secure access to health care for the
most vulnerable within the Greater Houston community; in 1995, she
oversaw the launch of the Memorial Hermann Health Centers for
Schools program, which has established freestanding and mobile
medical and dental clinics for nearly two million underserved
public school children across five school districts; and
WHEREAS, In addition to her work for MHHS, Ms. Paret has
served on the boards of several noteworthy organizations, including
El Centro de Corazón, Gateway to Care, and the Texas Health
Institute, which honored her with the prestigious Fratis L. Duff
Award in 2015; and
WHEREAS, Today, the employees and affiliated physicians of
Memorial Hermann Health System serve millions of patients
through 17 hospitals and more than 300 care delivery sites, and
over the course of the past four decades, Carol Paret has played a
vital role in the system's success through her visionary leadership
and transformative approach to health care delivery; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas
Legislature hereby commend Carol Paret on her four decades of
service to the Memorial Hermann Health System 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. Paret as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.