Bill Text: TX HR1074 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the University Breast Care Center of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso on receiving accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-04 - Reported enrolled [HR1074 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR1074-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1074 |
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WHEREAS, The University Breast Care Center of the Texas Tech | ||
University Health Sciences Center at El Paso has received | ||
accreditation through the National Accreditation Program for | ||
Breast Centers; and | ||
WHEREAS, The national accreditation program is a consortium | ||
of professionals dedicated to improving breast cancer remedies and | ||
outcomes; to be recognized, providers must furnish specific | ||
elements of care and comply with rigid standards on leadership, | ||
quality improvement, professional instruction, and scientific | ||
analysis; and | ||
WHEREAS, Founded in 1994 to provide comprehensive breast | ||
disease therapy to medically indigent women in El Paso, the UBCC | ||
also serves as a teaching environment for medical students, | ||
coordinates community outreach and education, and conducts | ||
research; and | ||
WHEREAS, Nearly one-third of all new breast cancer diagnoses | ||
in El Paso take place at the center, which is the only nationally | ||
accredited breast care program in El Paso; and | ||
WHEREAS, Staff of the University Breast Care Center are | ||
fighting this devastating disease with vision, passion, and | ||
tenacity, and their work is making a positive difference in the | ||
lives of countless people; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate the University Breast Care Center | ||
of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso for | ||
achieving accreditation from the National Accreditation Program | ||
for Breast Centers and extend to its administrators and medical | ||
staff sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the center as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Marquez | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1074 was adopted by the House on April | ||
3, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||