Bill Text: TX HCR77 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizing March 1, 2011, as Donate Life Texas Day at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-31 - Received from the House [HCR77 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HCR77-Introduced.html
82R9946 MGR-D | ||
By: Zerwas | H.C.R. No. 77 |
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WHEREAS, To spread the word about the significance of organ | ||
donation, representatives from the Texas Transplantation Society | ||
are visiting the State Capitol on March 1, 2011, and celebrating | ||
Donate Life Texas Day; and | ||
WHEREAS, Statistics demonstrate the urgent need for organ | ||
donors; the national waiting lists for transplants include more | ||
than 110,000 people, and over 10,000 of them reside in Texas; about | ||
5,600 individuals in the nation and nearly 600 in the state died in | ||
2010 while awaiting an organ transplant; and | ||
WHEREAS, It is the goal of the Texas Transplantation Society | ||
to educate Texans about the critical shortage of donors and the | ||
lifesaving benefits of transplantation; the society works together | ||
with the Texas Organ Sharing Alliance, the Southwest Transplant | ||
Alliance, and the LifeGift organ procurement center, as well as | ||
with state agencies, to increase public awareness concerning organ | ||
donation; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Department of Public Safety, the Texas | ||
Department of Transportation, and the Department of State Health | ||
Services enable Texans to register their intent to be an organ, eye, | ||
or tissue donor, and the Glenda Dawson Donate Life Texas Registry, | ||
the state organ donor registry named in honor of former | ||
representative Dawson, now includes 1.4 million names; and | ||
WHEREAS, Those involved in promoting and facilitating organ | ||
donations are contributing immeasurably to the lives of organ | ||
recipients and their loved ones, and the Texas Transplantation | ||
Society and the other individuals, organizations, and agencies | ||
involved in this worthy endeavor are to be commended for their | ||
tireless commitment and their impressive record of achievements; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby recognize March 1, 2011, as Donate Life Texas Day at the | ||
State Capitol and honor the many Texans who have chosen to become | ||
organ donors and all those who work in behalf of organ donation; | ||
and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the Texas Transplantation Society as an expression of | ||
high regard by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate. |