88R15021 JRI-D
By: Ortega H.R. No. 437
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Community members, students, faculty, and staff
from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso are
gathering on March 6, 2023, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the
institution becoming an independent university within the Texas
Tech University System; and
WHEREAS, Since 1973, Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center El Paso has provided quality medical education and primary
health care to the West Texas area; it was initially created as a
Regional Academic Health Center for the TTU School of Medicine, and
on May 18, 2013, Governor Rick Perry signed S.B. 120 to formally
establish TTUHSC El Paso as the fourth of five freestanding
universities in the Texas Tech University System; with a focus on
researching cancer, diabetes and metabolism, infectious diseases,
and neurosciences, the university works to address health problems
among the Hispanic population, and each year, its physicians,
clinics, and partnering hospitals provide more than $33 million in
uncompensated health care services to the El Paso community; and
WHEREAS, The only health sciences center along the
U.S.-Mexico border, TTUHSC El Paso encompasses four schools, the
Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing, the L. Frederick Francis
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the Paul L. Foster School
of Medicine, and the Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine; while
partnering with local hospitals, the university provides vital
opportunities for medical residency, clinical rotations, and
postgraduation job placements; and
WHEREAS, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
helps to remove barriers to health care and offers students
life-changing educational opportunities, and it is a pleasure to
join in honoring the university on the occasion of this important
milestone in its history; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
Legislature hereby commemorate the 10th anniversary of Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center El Paso becoming an independent
university within the Texas Tech University System and extend to
all those associated with the university sincere best wishes for
continued success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
prepared for TTUHSC El Paso as an expression of high regard from the
Texas House of Representatives.