Bill Text: TX HR218 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring nurse practitioners.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-29 - Reported enrolled [HR218 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR218-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 218 |
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WHEREAS, For more than 35 years, nurse practitioners have | ||
provided high-quality, cost-effective health care, devoting | ||
themselves to the well-being and safety of their patients; and | ||
WHEREAS, Nurse practitioners are registered nurses who have | ||
completed master's or doctoral degrees and who are licensed to | ||
deliver health care services independently and in collaboration | ||
with a variety of other health care providers; they are experts in | ||
disease prevention, and their responsibilities typically include | ||
conducting physical exams, obtaining patient histories, ordering | ||
and interpreting pertinent diagnostic tests, making diagnoses, and | ||
ordering and prescribing medications and other therapies; and | ||
WHEREAS, Across Texas, over 13,000 nurse practitioners | ||
provide services in a wide variety of settings, among them | ||
outpatient clinics, nurse practitioner-owned clinics, medical | ||
offices, hospitals, intensive and emergency care units, extended | ||
care centers, and school facilities; and | ||
WHEREAS, The contributions of nurse practitioners are a vital | ||
component of the Texas health care system, and it is indeed | ||
appropriate to recognize the many ways in which these highly | ||
skilled professionals promote the well-being of their fellow | ||
citizens; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor nurse practitioners across the Lone Star | ||
State and commend them for their dedicated service. | ||
Howard | ||
Klick | ||
Bell | ||
King of Taylor | ||
Naishtat | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 218 was adopted by the House on | ||
January 28, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||