Bill Text: TX HCR51 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Heart Hospital of Austin and St. David's HealthCare for providing exceptional cardiovascular care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-02-24 - Signed by the Governor [HCR51 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HCR51-Enrolled.html
H.C.R. No. 51 |
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WHEREAS, The 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas, in | ||
recognition of American Heart Month, takes great pride in honoring | ||
Heart Hospital of Austin, a campus of St. David's Medical Center, | ||
for its outstanding leadership and numerous accomplishments in the | ||
fight against heart disease, our nation's number one killer; and | ||
WHEREAS, Heart Hospital of Austin opened on December 7, 1998, | ||
as a shared vision of local cardiologists and cardiovascular | ||
surgeons seeking to provide exceptional cardiovascular care to the | ||
people of Central Texas, and since that time the hospital has | ||
treated more than 118,800 people from cities throughout Texas, all | ||
50 states, the District of Columbia, and many U.S. territories; and | ||
WHEREAS, Nearly 2,300 Americans die of cardiovascular | ||
diseases each day, about one person every 38 seconds, with | ||
cardiovascular diseases claiming more lives each year than cancer, | ||
chronic lower respiratory diseases, and accidents combined; and | ||
WHEREAS, Heart Hospital of Austin has raised the bar for | ||
cardiac care in Central Texas and the nation, being ranked as the | ||
number one cardiac program in Texas for six consecutive years, an | ||
accomplishment no other hospital has achieved, and being named by a | ||
July 2009 study funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid | ||
Services as the leading hospital in the United States for treatment | ||
of a heart attack; and | ||
WHEREAS, Heart Hospital of Austin, part of the St. David's | ||
HealthCare System, also includes a chest pain center and is, like | ||
all of St. David's HealthCare's hospitals, accredited as a | ||
Certified Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers, | ||
the nation's premier organization focused on improving care for | ||
patients with acute coronary syndromes; this universal | ||
accreditation signifies a commitment to exceeding quality-of-care | ||
measures in acute cardiac medicine and recognizes the expertise of | ||
physicians, nurses, and other professionals, as well as the | ||
excellence of treatment protocols; and | ||
WHEREAS, St. David's HealthCare is one of the largest health | ||
systems in the state, employing more than 7,100 persons in more than | ||
60 sites across Central Texas; it is also home to the Texas Cardiac | ||
Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center, one of the | ||
world's most comprehensive treatment, training, and research | ||
centers dedicated to the latest advances for correcting atrial | ||
fibrillation and other heart rhythm disorders; and | ||
WHEREAS, Embracing their mission to protect and promote the | ||
cardiac health of area Texans, Heart Hospital of Austin and St. | ||
David's HealthCare are vital assets to the Capitol City and the Lone | ||
Star State, and they are indeed worthy of special recognition for | ||
their achievements in promoting heart health; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby commend Heart Hospital of Austin and St. David's HealthCare | ||
for providing exceptional cardiovascular care and honor affiliated | ||
physicians for their valiant efforts in the fight against heart | ||
disease; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Heart Hospital of Austin as an expression of high | ||
regard and esteem by the Texas Legislature. | ||
Naishtat | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.C.R. No. 51 was adopted by the House on | ||
February 9, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.C.R. No. 51 was adopted by the Senate on | ||
February 14, 2011, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |