Bill Text: TX HR1180 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 2020 as National Athletic Training Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-16 - Reported enrolled [HR1180 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1180-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1180 |
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WHEREAS, Licensed athletic trainers have long provided | ||
quality health care to individuals involved in sports and other | ||
physical activities, and National Athletic Training Month in March | ||
2020 provides a fitting opportunity to honor these notable health | ||
care professionals; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1971, Texas became the first state to enact a law | ||
requiring athletic trainers to meet specific standards of | ||
education, competency, and ethics, and today all such practitioners | ||
working in Texas are licensed and regulated by the Advisory Board of | ||
Athletic Trainers; and | ||
WHEREAS, Athletic trainers offer an extensive range of | ||
services, from preventing injuries before games and sporting events | ||
to recognizing and treating injuries after they occur, under the | ||
direction of a physician; and | ||
WHEREAS, Certified athletic trainers work in a variety of | ||
settings, and secondary schools, colleges and universities, | ||
professional and amateur athletic organizations, clinics and | ||
hospitals, and corporations and industries all benefit from their | ||
expertise; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Texas State Athletic Trainers' Association, | ||
which was established in 2001, endeavors to promote, enhance, and | ||
advance the athletic training profession in the Lone Star State; | ||
the organization offers a number of valuable services to its | ||
members and strives to serve as the voice of licensed athletic | ||
trainers statewide; and | ||
WHEREAS, TSATA works with the Office of Acquired Brain Injury | ||
and the Texas Brain Injury Advisory Council to provide brain injury | ||
education, awareness, prevention, and service referral and | ||
coordination; and | ||
WHEREAS, The men and women who work as athletic trainers play | ||
a positive role in the lives of countless Texas residents, and they | ||
indeed merit special commendation for their efforts and | ||
achievements; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize March 2020 as National Athletic | ||
Training Month in Texas and extend sincere best wishes to the | ||
state's athletic trainers for continued success with their | ||
important work. | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1180 was adopted by the House on May | ||
14, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||