Bill Text: TX HR1279 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Katharine Heffner on completing the 2023 Texas Anesthesiology Policy Research Rotation Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-08 - Reported enrolled [HR1279 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1279-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1279 |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Katharine Heffner completed the Texas | ||
Anesthesiology Policy Research Rotation Program during the 88th | ||
Texas Legislature; and | ||
WHEREAS, Launched by the Texas Society of Anesthesiologists | ||
in 2023, the program offers two resident physicians each | ||
legislative session the opportunity to experience policymaking at | ||
the Capitol and learn about the political factors that impact the | ||
practice of anesthesiology; the initiative is accredited by the | ||
American Board of Anesthesiology; and | ||
WHEREAS, Katharine Heffner has participated in policy | ||
meetings, developed policy materials, and testified in and attended | ||
committee hearings; in addition, she has provided updates on policy | ||
developments affecting the practice of anesthesiology to members of | ||
the TSA; and | ||
WHEREAS, Raised in Evanston, Wyoming, Dr. Heffner received | ||
her bachelor's degree in neurobiology and a McCombs School of | ||
Business certificate in business foundation from The University of | ||
Texas at Austin and went on to earn her medical degree from the | ||
Texas A&M University School of Medicine; she has completed | ||
rotations at Memorial Hermann Hospital and Lyndon B. Johnson | ||
Hospital, and she holds certification in basic focus assessed | ||
transthoracic echocardiography and advanced cardiac life support; | ||
currently, she is an anesthesiology resident at The University of | ||
Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and she is scheduled to | ||
finish this assignment in June 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, Katharine Heffner has gained valuable insight into | ||
the legislative environment and the policymaking process, and the | ||
Texas Society of Anesthesiologists is sure to benefit from her | ||
knowledgeable perspective as her career progresses; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Katharine Heffner on | ||
completing the 2023 Texas Anesthesiology Policy Research Rotation | ||
Program and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success | ||
in her endeavors; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. Heffner as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Oliverson | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1279 was adopted by the House on May | ||
6, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||