Bill Text: TX HCR77 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Paying tribute to the lives of the physicians and other health care workers who passed away during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-08 - Signed by the Governor [HCR77 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HCR77-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 77 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians, | ||
| nurses, and other health care workers have taken enormous risks to | ||
| care for critically ill patients, and tragically, far too many of | ||
| them have lost their lives in the line of duty; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Across the country, the COVID-19 crisis has strained | ||
| health care resources and made unprecedented demands on the medical | ||
| providers who serve our communities; health care workers have been | ||
| asked to sacrifice their own well-being to care for a surging number | ||
| of COVID-19 patients, while facing the constant fear of contracting | ||
| the virus and transmitting it to others; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The pandemic, to date, has claimed the lives of more | ||
| than half a million Americans; health care workers who have direct | ||
| contact with COVID-19 patients have faced significantly | ||
| higher-than-average rates of infection, and many have fallen ill; | ||
| these courageous individuals, who are burdened with tremendous | ||
| responsibility, have grieved for the patients they have lost, as | ||
| well as for their colleagues who have succumbed to the disease; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The members of the medical community who have fallen | ||
| victim to COVID-19 include emergency room doctors, orthopedic | ||
| surgeons, obstetricians, pulmonologists, neurologists, and | ||
| neonatologists; they also include nurses, resident physicians, | ||
| certified nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, specialists, | ||
| and other hospital staff, many of whom worked around the clock in | ||
| order to give their fellow Americans a better chance of survival; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, The health care profession requires unwavering | ||
| integrity, dedication, and compassion; those who passed away after | ||
| contracting the coronavirus left behind countless loved ones and | ||
| friends, and the loss to the institutions and communities they | ||
| served is incalculable; and | ||
| WHEREAS, We owe an eternal debt of gratitude to the men and | ||
| women of the medical community who are no longer here to continue | ||
| the fight against COVID-19, and we join in commemorating the lives | ||
| of these heroic Americans and their immeasurable achievements and | ||
| contributions; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby pay tribute to the lives of physicians and other health care | ||
| workers who passed away during the COVID-19 pandemic and extend | ||
| deep and sincere condolences to their families, their friends, and | ||
| their colleagues. | ||
| Oliverson | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 77 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 9, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 77 was adopted by the Senate on | ||
| April 23, 2021, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
