Bill Text: TX SR401 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the 13th annual Día de la Mujer Latina conference.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-12 - Reported enrolled [SR401 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR401-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Promotores and community health workers from | ||
| across the Lone Star State are gathering in Austin on April 14, | ||
| 2023, for the 13th annual Día de la Mujer Latina conference; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A promotores and community health workers | ||
| apprenticeship program, Día de la Mujer Latina was established in | ||
| 1997 to eliminate health disparities and promote healthy | ||
| behaviors within the Latino community; active in 39 U.S. states | ||
| as well as Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic, the | ||
| organization provides access to a wide variety of services, | ||
| including early-detection screenings and preventative care | ||
| interventions, in addition to its certificate training programs | ||
| for promotores and community health workers; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Vital to the communities they serve, promotores | ||
| work tirelessly for preventive care and wellness among the most | ||
| vulnerable and underserved residents in minority populations; | ||
| these dedicated caregivers integrate education about general | ||
| health and the public health care system into a diversity of | ||
| cultures, languages, and value systems, and in so doing, they | ||
| improve access to health care, social services, and insurance | ||
| statewide; moreover, they conduct outreach programs in | ||
| residences, community centers, clinics, and a variety of other | ||
| venues; and | ||
| WHEREAS, More than a quarter century ago, Texas became the | ||
| first state to pass legislation related to outreach and education | ||
| programs for these essential community health workers, and other | ||
| states have since gone on to follow Texas' example; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Promotores and community health workers play a | ||
| critical role in addressing the needs of a significant portion of | ||
| the population, and they are indeed deserving of recognition for | ||
| their invaluable contributions to the health and vitality of the | ||
| Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, hereby commemorate the 13th annual Día de la Mujer | ||
| Latina conference and extend to all promotores and community | ||
| health workers in Texas sincere best wishes for continued success | ||
| with their important work; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for Día de la Mujer Latina as an expression of high | ||
| regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Blanco | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on April 12, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
