| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 487 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Students, faculty, and staff of Texas Tech |
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| 6 | 6 | | University Health Sciences Center are celebrating 54 years as an |
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| 7 | 7 | | independent university within the Texas Tech University system; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Launched in 1969 as Texas Tech University School of |
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| 9 | 9 | | Medicine, it was renamed Texas Tech University Health Sciences |
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| 10 | 10 | | Center in 1979 when it became a full-fledged health research |
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| 11 | 11 | | institution; throughout its history, TTUHSC has been a leader in |
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| 12 | 12 | | rural health care for the State of Texas; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, Today, the university offers top-quality academic |
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| 14 | 14 | | and clinical education for the next generation of doctors, nurses, |
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| 15 | 15 | | pharmacists, researchers, and other health care professionals |
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| 16 | 16 | | while furthering its foundational mission of providing world-class |
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| 17 | 17 | | health care to the people of West Texas; TTUHSC is focused on |
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| 18 | 18 | | transforming health care through innovation and collaboration, |
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| 19 | 19 | | offering solutions that serve as models of care throughout the |
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| 20 | 20 | | state; the institution encompasses six schools, TTUHSC School of |
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| 21 | 21 | | Medicine, the School of Nursing, the School of Health Professions, |
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| 22 | 22 | | the Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, the Graduate School of |
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| 23 | 23 | | Biomedical Sciences, and the Julia Jones Matthews School of |
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| 24 | 24 | | Population and Public Health, and it maintains campuses in Abilene, |
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| 25 | 25 | | Amarillo, Dallas, Lubbock, Midland, and Odessa; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, TTUHSC educates students, provides patient care, |
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| 27 | 27 | | and conducts biomedical and clinical research; the university |
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| 28 | 28 | | graduates the most health care professionals in the State of Texas, |
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| 29 | 29 | | and it has been recognized as a pioneer in telehealth; having served |
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| 30 | 30 | | hundreds of thousands of patients since the first telemedicine |
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| 31 | 31 | | consult in 1990, the institution continues to lead efforts to |
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| 32 | 32 | | expand access to care in underserved areas; in addition, TTUHSC is |
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| 33 | 33 | | nationally recognized for innovative programs, academic |
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| 34 | 34 | | achievement, and cutting-edge research; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | WHEREAS, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has |
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| 36 | 36 | | graduated more than 37,000 highly qualified health care |
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| 37 | 37 | | professionals who are serving patients and driving medical |
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| 38 | 38 | | discovery in tangible, life-changing ways in Texas and around the |
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| 39 | 39 | | world; now, therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 41 | 41 | | Legislature hereby honor Texas Tech University Health Sciences |
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| 42 | 42 | | Center on its achievements and extend to all those associated with |
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| 43 | 43 | | the institution sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be |
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| 44 | 44 | | it further |
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| 45 | 45 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 46 | 46 | | prepared for TTUHSC as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 47 | 47 | | House of Representatives. |
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| 48 | 48 | | Tepper |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 51 | 51 | | I certify that H.R. No. 487 was adopted by the House on March |
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| 52 | 52 | | 8, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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