Bill Text: TX HR1566 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the VA North Texas Health Care System on the occasion of National VA Research Week on May 13-17, 2019.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-17 - Reported enrolled [HR1566 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1566-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1566 |
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WHEREAS, The Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System | ||
is joining in the celebration of National VA Research Week on May | ||
13-17, 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, VA Research Week offers VA medical centers the | ||
opportunity to showcase the various achievements of their | ||
researchers and the role that they play in advancing medical | ||
science while meeting the health care needs of members of our | ||
country's armed forces; the theme "The Science of Hope" was chosen | ||
for this year's observance, which commemorates 94 years of research | ||
excellence by VA centers; and | ||
WHEREAS, The VA North Texas Health Care System, which is | ||
composed of the Dallas VA Medical Center in Dallas and the Sam | ||
Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center in Bonham, began its research | ||
program in the mid-1950s; since the initiative's inception, | ||
researchers affiliated with the system have been instrumental in | ||
the creation of new therapies for conditions ranging from diabetes | ||
to heart disease; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, more than 90 investigators and 400 staff | ||
perform research as part of the VA North Texas Health Care System; | ||
their major areas of study include cardiology, cancer, infectious | ||
diseases, and social reintegration, and their work would not be | ||
possible without the dedicated involvement of a multitude of | ||
veteran participants; last year alone, more than 2,500 of them | ||
volunteered for research studies out of a desire to help future | ||
veterans in need; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through their vital research efforts, entities such | ||
as the VA North Texas Health Care System are helping to ensure that | ||
the highest level of care is provided to the men and women who have | ||
fought and sacrificed to safeguard our freedoms; now, therefore, be | ||
it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor the VA North Texas Health Care System on | ||
the occasion of National VA Research Week on May 13-17, 2019, and | ||
extend to all those associated with the system sincere best wishes | ||
for continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the system as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Sherman, Sr. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1566 was adopted by the House on May | ||
14, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||