Bill Text: TX HR203 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Honoring the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center for its contributions to rural health care, education, and research.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2025-02-26 - Reported enrolled [HR203 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HR203-Enrolled.html

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H.R. No. 203

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Students, faculty, and staff of the Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center are convening at the State
Capitol on February 26, 2025, to celebrate the university's legacy
of advancing rural health care, education, and research in Texas;
and
WHEREAS, Established in 1969 as Texas Tech University School
of Medicine, the institution was renamed Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center in 1979, and it has become a comprehensive
health research institution; throughout its history, it has been a
leader in addressing rural health care challenges across the State
of Texas; and
WHEREAS, TTUHSC remains committed to its foundational
mission of serving the health care needs of the vast West Texas
region, which encompasses 121 counties representing 35 percent of
the state's population and 54 percent of its land mass; the
university continues to expand access to care through innovative
models that benefit communities across Texas; and
WHEREAS, This esteemed institution has graduated more than
42,000 health care professionals, including doctors, nurses,
pharmacists, researchers, and other key practitioners; the
institution is composed of six distinguished schools, the School of
Medicine, the School of Nursing, the School of Health Professions,
the Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, the Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences, and the Julia Jones Matthews School of
Population and Public Health, with locations in Abilene, Amarillo,
Dallas, Lubbock, Midland, and Odessa; and
WHEREAS, Nationally recognized for its innovative programs,
TTUHSC offers a variety of community-based services, many of which
have become statewide models for addressing the unique challenges
of rural health care; the university has also pioneered the use of
telehealth and other technologies to reach remote areas; and
WHEREAS, A cornerstone educational institution in the Lone
Star State, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has
graduated generations of future health care professionals who have
gone on to make tangible, life-changing impacts on patients and
drive medical discovery; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas
Legislature hereby honor the Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center for its contributions to rural health care, education, and
research and extend to all those affiliated with the institution
sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for the university as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Tepper
Burrows Guerra Morales Shaw
Alders Guillen Morgan
Allen Harless Muñoz
Anchía Harris Noble
Ashby Harris Davila Olcott
Barry Harrison Oliverson
Bell of Kaufman Hayes Ordaz
Bell of Montgomery Hefner Orr
Bernal Hernandez Patterson
Bhojani Hickland Paul
Bonnen Hinojosa Perez of El Paso
Bowers Holt Perez of Harris
Bryant Hopper Phelan
Buckley Howard Pierson
Bucy Hull Plesa
Bumgarner Hunter Raymond
Button Isaac Reynolds
Cain Johnson Richardson
Campos Jones of Dallas Rodríguez Ramos
Canales Jones of Harris Romero
Capriglione Kerwin Rose
Cole King Rosenthal
Collier Kitzman Schatzline
Cook LaHood Schofield
Cortez Lalani Schoolcraft
Craddick Lambert Shaheen
Cunningham Landgraf Shofner
Curry Leach Simmons
Darby Leo Wilson Slawson
A. Davis of Dallas Little Smithee
Y. Davis of Dallas Longoria Spiller
Dean Lopez of Bexar Swanson
DeAyala Lopez of Cameron Talarico
Dorazio Louderback Tepper
Dutton Lowe Thompson
Dyson Lozano Tinderholt
Fairly Lujan Toth
Flores Luther Troxclair
Frank Manuel Turner
Gámez Martinez VanDeaver
Garcia of Bexar Martinez Fischer Vasut
Garcia of Dallas McLaughlin Villalobos
Garcia Hernandez McQueeney Virdell
Gates Metcalf Vo
Gerdes Meyer Walle
Geren Meza Ward Johnson
Gervin-Hawkins Money Wharton
González of Dallas Moody Wilson
González of El Paso Morales of Harris Wu
Goodwin Morales of Maverick Zwiener
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 203 was adopted by the House on February
26, 2025, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House