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| 6 | 7 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 7 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Amelia Bluhm retired from Tropical Texas Behavioral |
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| 8 | 9 | | Health in the Rio Grande Valley in January 2025, drawing to a close |
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| 9 | 10 | | an exemplary career in nursing that spanned more than 55 years; and |
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| 10 | 11 | | WHEREAS, "Molly" Bluhm began her career in health care at a |
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| 11 | 12 | | hospital nursing home; after her daughter was born, she decided to |
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| 12 | 13 | | find a job that would allow her to work a more regular schedule; she |
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| 13 | 14 | | started at Edinburg Diagnostic and Evaluation Center, now known as |
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| 14 | 15 | | Tropical Texas Behavioral Health, on January 6, 1969, beginning a |
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| 15 | 16 | | long and rewarding tenure with the mental health care facility; and |
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| 16 | 17 | | WHEREAS, During her time at TTBH, Ms. Bluhm took on a variety |
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| 17 | 18 | | of roles, including working in the day activity center, helping |
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| 18 | 19 | | with state school applications, and making home visits; for the |
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| 19 | 20 | | past 25 years, she worked as a licensed vocational nurse in the |
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| 20 | 21 | | children's department, where she excelled at building strong |
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| 21 | 22 | | connections with her patients; she witnessed significant changes in |
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| 22 | 23 | | mental health treatment in South Texas through the decades, with |
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| 23 | 24 | | more patients being able to remain in their homes while undergoing |
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| 24 | 25 | | therapy rather than relocating to state facilities; seeing the |
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| 25 | 26 | | growth in the profession and being able to apply her knowledge to |
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| 26 | 27 | | help patients were the aspects of her career that she found most |
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| 27 | 28 | | rewarding; and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Molly Bluhm upheld the highest standards of her |
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| 29 | 30 | | profession over the course of more than a half century of dedicated |
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| 30 | 31 | | service, and she may take well-deserved pride in her outstanding |
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| 31 | 32 | | record of achievement as she embarks on the next exciting chapter of |
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| 32 | 33 | | her life; now, therefore, be it |
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| 33 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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| 34 | 35 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Amelia Bluhm on her retirement from |
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| 35 | 36 | | Tropical Texas Behavioral Health and extend to her sincere best |
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| 36 | 37 | | wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 37 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 38 | 39 | | prepared for Ms. Bluhm as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 39 | 40 | | House of Representatives. |
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