2025S0224-4 03/19/25
By: Zaffirini S.R. No. 307
SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
recognize Mid Rio Grande Border Area Health Education Center in
Laredo and to join in celebrating March 24 through 30, 2025, as
National Area Health Education Center Week; and
WHEREAS, The Area Health Education Center program was
created by the United States Congress in 1971 with the goal to
recruit, train, and retain a health professions workforce
committed to underserved and rural populations by partnering
with academic institutions, local health care providers, and
community-based organizations to provide education and clinical
training; and
WHEREAS, The Mid Rio Grande Border Area Health Education
Center, which was established in 1993, is a nonprofit corporation
and has served more than 600,622 individuals in Dimmit, Duval,
Jim Hogg, LaSalle, Starr, Webb, Willacy, and Zapata Counties with
a wide range of programs; and
WHEREAS, More than 160 alumni of the center are currently
practicing as health care providers; more than 90 percent of
program participants reported pursuing a higher education, and
more than 94 percent reported that the center influenced their
choice of career in the health care field; and
WHEREAS, The center provides accredited continuing
education conferences for practicing professionals, pipeline
programs for students of all ages to spark an interest in health
careers, and information to improve the health status and quality
of life for residents in the region; and
WHEREAS, For over three decades, the Mid Rio Grande Border
Area Health Education Center in Laredo has played a vital role in
the provision of quality health education in South Texas, and it
is truly fitting that this esteemed organization and similar
centers nationwide receive special recognition for strengthening
the health professions workforce and improving access to quality
care; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th
Legislature, hereby commend all who contribute to Mid Rio Grande
Border Area Health Education Center on their invaluable efforts
to improve health care in Texas and in underserved regions across
the country and extend to all best wishes for a successful
National Area Health Education Center Week; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
the center as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.