Bill Text: TX HCR4 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Designating the week beginning September 8, 2013, as Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week in Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-19 - Signed by the Governor [HCR4 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HCR4-Enrolled.html
H.C.R. No. 4 |
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WHEREAS, Direct support professionals are the primary | ||
providers of publicly funded long-term support services for | ||
millions of individuals with physical and mental disabilities; and | ||
WHEREAS, These highly trained caregivers build close, | ||
trusted relationships with the people they serve, who rely on them | ||
for assistance with their most intimate needs; their | ||
responsibilities include helping clients to negotiate a broad range | ||
of daily tasks, such as eating, bathing, dressing, taking | ||
medications, overcoming mobility issues, and attending school, | ||
work, religious, and recreational activities; and | ||
WHEREAS, The essential care provided by direct support | ||
professionals enables persons with disabilities to live | ||
meaningful, productive lives while remaining connected to their | ||
families and communities; for many, they offer a practical | ||
alternative to more costly institutional services; and | ||
WHEREAS, A majority of direct support professionals are | ||
women, and many are the sole wage earners in their families; despite | ||
working and paying taxes, a significant number of them are eligible | ||
for the same federal and state public assistance on which their | ||
clients depend; and | ||
WHEREAS, Because of inadequate income and benefits, direct | ||
support professionals are often forced to leave jobs, leading to a | ||
shortage of workers that persists throughout the state; although | ||
the demand for caregivers employed in homes and community-based | ||
settings is continuing to grow, high turnover and vacancy rates | ||
threaten to adversely affect the quality of support that | ||
individuals with disabilities receive; and | ||
WHEREAS, Direct support professionals enhance the lives of | ||
thousands of Texans while performing a vital service to their | ||
families, for whom day-to-day care may pose a challenge beyond | ||
their capabilities; by observing Direct Support Professionals | ||
Recognition Week, the State of Texas joins with communities across | ||
the nation in extending profound thanks to those who accept this | ||
demanding yet rewarding role, for their contributions are | ||
indispensable to countless of their fellow citizens; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas, | ||
2nd Called Session, hereby designate the week beginning September | ||
8, 2013, as Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week and honor | ||
direct support professionals as an integral part of the long-term | ||
care system of Texas. | ||
Guillen | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.C.R. No. 4 was adopted by the House on July | ||
10, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.C.R. No. 4 was adopted by the Senate on July | ||
12, 2013, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |