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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Members of the Texas HIV/AIDS Coalition are |
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| 6 | 7 | | celebrating their sixth biennial HIV Advocacy Day at the State |
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| 7 | 8 | | Capitol on March 29, 2021; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The Texas HIV/AIDS Coalition is made up of partner |
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| 9 | 10 | | organizations and advocates from Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, El |
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| 10 | 11 | | Paso, Austin, North Texas, the Rio Grande Valley, and other |
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| 11 | 12 | | communities across the state; HIV Advocacy Day is a statewide |
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| 12 | 13 | | effort to bring Texans living with HIV and those affected by |
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| 13 | 14 | | HIV/AIDS to the Capitol in Austin to help bring visibility to and |
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| 14 | 15 | | educate others about the epidemic; and |
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| 15 | 16 | | WHEREAS, According to the Department of State Health |
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| 16 | 17 | | Services, Texas is home to more than 86,000 people living with HIV, |
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| 17 | 18 | | a reality with incalculable public health, social, and financial |
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| 18 | 19 | | consequences; the agency estimates that approximately 4,500 Texans |
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| 19 | 20 | | per year have been diagnosed with HIV throughout the past decade, |
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| 20 | 21 | | which equates to about 12 new diagnoses each day; and |
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| 21 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Although we have the medical and scientific |
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| 22 | 23 | | knowledge to bring an end to this epidemic, there is still more we |
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| 23 | 24 | | must do to address the social factors that perpetuate the spread of |
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| 24 | 25 | | HIV, and the Texas HIV/AIDS Coalition is deserving of recognition |
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| 25 | 26 | | for its dedicated efforts to support the fight against the disease; |
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| 26 | 27 | | now, therefore, be it |
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| 27 | 28 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 28 | 29 | | Legislature hereby honor the Texas HIV/AIDS Coalition on the |
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| 29 | 30 | | occasion of HIV Advocacy Day at the State Capitol and commend the |
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| 30 | 31 | | organization for its work to improve the lives of individuals with |
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| 31 | 32 | | HIV; and, be it further |
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| 32 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 33 | 34 | | prepared for the coalition as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 34 | 35 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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