Bill Text: TX SR8 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Jose Manuel Benavides for his service on the Texas Medical Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-03 - Reported enrolled [SR8 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SR8-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
recognize Dr. Jose Manuel Benavides for his outstanding service | ||
on the Texas Medical Board; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Jose Benavides earned his medical degree from | ||
Nuevo Leon University, in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, in 1955; | ||
he received postgraduate training as a fellow in Internal | ||
Medicine at the Lahey Clinic in Boston, Massachusetts; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Benavides was licensed by the Texas Medical | ||
Board in 1957 and was self-employed in the private practice of | ||
Internal Medicine in San Antonio from 1959 to 1994; he then | ||
joined The University of Texas Health Science Center at San | ||
Antonio, where he served as a clinical professor until 2006; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of his medical career, Dr. Benavides | ||
has served at a number of hospitals, including Christus Santa | ||
Rosa Hospital, where he has served in numerous capacities; he has | ||
been a much-sought-after lecturer, and he is a member of many | ||
professional associations; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Benavides was appointed to the Texas Medical | ||
Board in 1999 and was reappointed for a second six-year term in | ||
2005; during his distinguished tenure on the board, he has given | ||
generously of his time and energy and has demonstrated his | ||
profound commitment to ensuring that Texans receive the best of | ||
medical care; and | ||
WHEREAS, His diligent work on the board's committees | ||
includes serving as chair of the Finance Committee and the | ||
Ad Hoc Committee to Study Office-Based Anesthesia, the Ad Hoc | ||
Committee for Optometric Issues, and the Licensure Committee; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Noted for his integrity, his deep-seated sense of | ||
duty, his intellect, and his insight, Dr. Benavides leaves an | ||
exemplary legacy of dedication to upholding the highest | ||
standards of medical care; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commend Dr. Jose Manuel | ||
Benavides on his exceptional service on the Texas Medical Board | ||
and on his many contributions to the quality of health care in our | ||
state; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
him as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
Van de Putte | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on June 3, 2011. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |