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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Carol Paret celebrated her 40th anniversary with |
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| 6 | 7 | | Memorial Hermann Health System on May 11, 2021, and this occasion |
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| 7 | 8 | | offers a welcome opportunity to pay tribute to her outstanding |
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| 8 | 9 | | record of service to the largest not-for-profit health system in |
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| 9 | 10 | | Southeast Texas; and |
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| 10 | 11 | | WHEREAS, A native of Silsbee, Ms. Paret holds degrees from |
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| 11 | 12 | | the University of Houston and The University of Texas School of |
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| 12 | 13 | | Public Health; since joining MHHS, she has held a series of |
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| 13 | 14 | | increasingly important roles within the organization, including |
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| 14 | 15 | | leadership positions in the divisions of Facilities and Community |
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| 15 | 16 | | Planning, Business Development, Continuing Medical Education, |
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| 16 | 17 | | Physician Residency and Credentialing, Clinical Effectiveness, |
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| 17 | 18 | | Privacy and Security, and Medical Records and Coding; and |
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| 18 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Paret currently serves as MHHS senior vice |
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| 19 | 20 | | president, chief community health officer, and CEO of the system's |
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| 20 | 21 | | Community Benefit Corporation, and she has worked tirelessly to |
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| 21 | 22 | | ensure that the underserved and uninsured have access to essential |
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| 22 | 23 | | health benefits; those efforts include finding ways to address the |
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| 23 | 24 | | social determinants of health and facilitating collaborations |
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| 24 | 25 | | between health care providers, government, business, and community |
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| 25 | 26 | | stakeholders, all in order to secure access to health care for the |
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| 26 | 27 | | most vulnerable within the Greater Houston community; in 1995, she |
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| 27 | 28 | | oversaw the launch of the Memorial Hermann Health Centers for |
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| 28 | 29 | | Schools program, which has established freestanding and mobile |
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| 29 | 30 | | medical and dental clinics for nearly two million underserved |
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| 30 | 31 | | public school children across five school districts; and |
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| 31 | 32 | | WHEREAS, In addition to her work for MHHS, Ms. Paret has |
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| 32 | 33 | | served on the boards of several noteworthy organizations, including |
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| 33 | 34 | | El Centro de Corazón, Gateway to Care, and the Texas Health |
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| 34 | 35 | | Institute, which honored her with the prestigious Fratis L. Duff |
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| 35 | 36 | | Award in 2015; and |
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| 36 | 37 | | WHEREAS, Today, the employees and affiliated physicians of |
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| 37 | 38 | | Memorial Hermann Health System serve millions of patients |
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| 38 | 39 | | through 17 hospitals and more than 300 care delivery sites, and |
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| 39 | 40 | | over the course of the past four decades, Carol Paret has played a |
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| 40 | 41 | | vital role in the system's success through her visionary leadership |
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| 41 | 42 | | and transformative approach to health care delivery; now, |
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| 42 | 43 | | therefore, be it |
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| 43 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 44 | 45 | | Legislature hereby commend Carol Paret on her four decades of |
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| 45 | 46 | | service to the Memorial Hermann Health System and extend to her |
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| 46 | 47 | | sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 47 | 48 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 48 | 49 | | prepared for Ms. Paret as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 49 | 50 | | House of Representatives. |
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