Bill Text: TX HR213 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Roland Goertz on his retirement from Waco Family Health Center.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-06 - Reported enrolled [HR213 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR213-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 213 |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Roland Goertz is retiring from Waco Family | ||
Health Center in February 2019, drawing to a close a remarkable | ||
career as a physician and administrator that has spanned more than | ||
three decades; and | ||
WHEREAS, Roland Goertz graduated from The University of Texas | ||
Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1981 and served his | ||
residency at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth; in 1986, he | ||
completed a clinical teaching fellowship in family medicine, and in | ||
2003, he earned a master's degree in business administration from | ||
Baylor University; and | ||
WHEREAS, During the first 10 years of his career, Dr. Goertz | ||
served as director of a family practice residency program in Corpus | ||
Christi, medical director of a health plan in Austin, chair of the | ||
department of family medicine at the UT Health Science Center at | ||
Houston, and chief medical officer of the group partnership | ||
practice of Houston Medical School and Hermann Hospital; and | ||
WHEREAS, He moved to Waco in 1997, accepting the challenge of | ||
overseeing a struggling community clinic, Waco Family Health | ||
Center; as executive director and chief executive officer of the | ||
foundations that supervise the center, he worked to have the clinic | ||
certified as a federally qualified health center; since achieving | ||
that goal in 1999, the Family Health Center has grown and thrived, | ||
increasing its number of patients by 80 percent and expanding to 15 | ||
locations; it also operates a 36-bed family medicine residency | ||
program, the Brazos Regional Area Health Education Center, and the | ||
Family Medicine Faculty Development Center of Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, A leader in his profession and his community, | ||
Dr. Goertz has chaired the Family Practice Residency Advisory | ||
Committee of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and | ||
served on the advisory board of Baylor University's Hankamer School | ||
of Business and the board of the American Academy of Family | ||
Physicians (AAFP); he has been a member of the Rotary Club, Waco | ||
Community Health Action Partners, the Waco Business League, and the | ||
executive committee of the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Goertz's awards include the Presidential Award | ||
of Merit, the Political Action Committee Award, and the | ||
Philanthropist of the Year award from the Texas Academy of Family | ||
Physicians, the Robert Graham Family Physician Executive Award from | ||
the AAFP, the Gold-Headed Cane Award from the McLennan County | ||
Medical Society and Alliance, and the Distinguished Medical Alumnus | ||
Award from the San Antonio School of Medicine Alumni Association; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of 33 years, Dr. Goertz has made a | ||
significant impact on the practice of family medicine in Texas, and | ||
his work as a skilled physician and an inspiring administrator has | ||
benefited the lives of thousands in McLennan County; he has earned | ||
the respect and admiration of his patients and his fellow doctors, | ||
and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career well-spent as he | ||
embarks upon the next exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, | ||
be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Roland Goertz on his | ||
retirement from Waco Family Health Center and extend to him sincere | ||
best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. Goertz as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Kacal | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 213 was adopted by the House on | ||
February 6, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||