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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 496
2	2	WHEREAS, Texas Health and Human Services Inspector General
3	3	Sylvia Hernandez Kauffman has demonstrated a long-standing
4	4	commitment to her fellow citizens over the course of her notable
5	5	career in public service; and
6	6	WHEREAS, Sylvia Kauffman first joined the Office of
7	7	Inspector General in 2015 after working for the Health and Human
8	8	Services Commission, and she previously served OIG as principal
9	9	deputy inspector general and deputy inspector general for data
10	10	and technology; she was appointed to her current position as
11	11	inspector general for Texas Health and Human Services by Governor
12	12	Greg Abbott in January 2018; and
13	13	WHEREAS, Among her many responsibilities, Inspector
14	14	General Kauffman oversees the vision, direction, strategy, and
15	15	day-to-day operations of the 500-person office, which is charged
16	16	with protecting the integrity of HHS programs and with
17	17	preventing, detecting, and deterring fraud, waste, and abuse in
18	18	the delivery of health and human services in the state;
19	19	throughout her exemplary tenure, she has placed a significant
20	20	emphasis on the use of data analytics, and as a result,
21	21	recoveries have steadily increased despite a reduction in
22	22	overall staff; in the 2022 fiscal year alone, the agency
23	23	recovered nearly half a billion dollars and demonstrated a return
24	24	of $6.21 for every dollar invested; in total, the OIG has
25	25	recovered more than $2 billion for Texas taxpayers under her able
26	26	leadership; and
27	27	WHEREAS, Born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley,
28	28	Inspector General Kauffman was the valedictorian of her high
29	29	school and a first-generation college student; she holds a
30	30	bachelor's degree in computer science from Stanford University
31	31	and a master's degree in public policy from Harvard University;
32	32	earlier in her career, she was employed by the Strategic Planning
33	33	Unit in the Information Technology Division of the Commonwealth
34	34	of Massachusetts, where she received the Governor's Special
35	35	Achievement Award for her work in transforming the delivery of
36	36	government services; and
37	37	WHEREAS, Through her skill, professionalism, and
38	38	commitment to excellence, Sylvia Kauffman has greatly benefited
39	39	the people of the Lone Star State, and she may indeed reflect with
40	40	pride on her outstanding record of service; now, therefore, be it
41	41	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th
42	42	Legislature, hereby honor Sylvia Hernandez Kauffman for her
43	43	professional accomplishments and extend to her sincere best
44	44	wishes for continued success; and, be it further
45	45	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
46	46	prepared for Inspector General Kauffman as an expression of high
47	47	regard from the Texas Senate.
48	48	LaMantia
49	49	________________________________
50	50	President of the Senate
51	51	I hereby certify that the
52	52	above Resolution was adopted by
53	53	the Senate on May 1, 2023.
54	54	________________________________
55	55	Secretary of the Senate
56	56	________________________________
57	57	Member, Texas Senate