| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 401 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, Promotores and community health workers from |
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| 3 | 3 | | across the Lone Star State are gathering in Austin on April 14, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023, for the 13th annual Día de la Mujer Latina conference; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, A promotores and community health workers |
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| 6 | 6 | | apprenticeship program, Día de la Mujer Latina was established in |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1997 to eliminate health disparities and promote healthy |
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| 8 | 8 | | behaviors within the Latino community; active in 39 U.S. states |
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| 9 | 9 | | as well as Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic, the |
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| 10 | 10 | | organization provides access to a wide variety of services, |
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| 11 | 11 | | including early-detection screenings and preventative care |
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| 12 | 12 | | interventions, in addition to its certificate training programs |
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| 13 | 13 | | for promotores and community health workers; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Vital to the communities they serve, promotores |
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| 15 | 15 | | work tirelessly for preventive care and wellness among the most |
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| 16 | 16 | | vulnerable and underserved residents in minority populations; |
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| 17 | 17 | | these dedicated caregivers integrate education about general |
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| 18 | 18 | | health and the public health care system into a diversity of |
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| 19 | 19 | | cultures, languages, and value systems, and in so doing, they |
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| 20 | 20 | | improve access to health care, social services, and insurance |
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| 21 | 21 | | statewide; moreover, they conduct outreach programs in |
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| 22 | 22 | | residences, community centers, clinics, and a variety of other |
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| 23 | 23 | | venues; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, More than a quarter century ago, Texas became the |
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| 25 | 25 | | first state to pass legislation related to outreach and education |
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| 26 | 26 | | programs for these essential community health workers, and other |
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| 27 | 27 | | states have since gone on to follow Texas' example; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Promotores and community health workers play a |
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| 29 | 29 | | critical role in addressing the needs of a significant portion of |
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| 30 | 30 | | the population, and they are indeed deserving of recognition for |
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| 31 | 31 | | their invaluable contributions to the health and vitality of the |
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| 32 | 32 | | Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
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| 34 | 34 | | Legislature, hereby commemorate the 13th annual Día de la Mujer |
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| 35 | 35 | | Latina conference and extend to all promotores and community |
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| 36 | 36 | | health workers in Texas sincere best wishes for continued success |
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| 37 | 37 | | with their important work; and, be it further |
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| 38 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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| 39 | 39 | | prepared for Día de la Mujer Latina as an expression of high |
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| 40 | 40 | | regard from the Texas Senate. |
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| 41 | 41 | | Blanco |
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| 42 | 42 | | ________________________________ |
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| 43 | 43 | | President of the Senate |
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| 44 | 44 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 45 | 45 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 46 | 46 | | the Senate on April 12, 2023. |
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| 47 | 47 | | ________________________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 49 | 49 | | ________________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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