Bill Text: TX HR299 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Paso del Norte Health Foundation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-02 - Reported enrolled [HR299 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR299-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 299 |
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WHEREAS, Paso del Norte Health Foundation is marking its 20th | ||
anniversary on September 30, 2015; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1995, the foundation was established to promote | ||
wellness among people in the Paso del Norte region, which includes | ||
El Paso and Hudspeth Counties in Texas, Doña Ana, Luna, and Otero | ||
Counties in New Mexico, and the City of Juarez in Mexico; its | ||
primary focus is to assist the most vulnerable through health | ||
education and disease prevention; and | ||
WHEREAS, The foundation benefited from an initial investment | ||
of $130 million from the sale of the not-for-profit Providence | ||
Memorial Hospital; since the organization's inception, its | ||
administrators have provided skillful stewardship of the | ||
investment trust to ensure that the foundation can continue its | ||
work in behalf of generations to come; and | ||
WHEREAS, Maintaining more than $200 million in holdings, Paso | ||
del Norte Health Foundation leverages its resources to improve | ||
regional access to clean water, to diminish environmental hazards | ||
from lead and pesticides, and to help achieve reductions in | ||
regional smoking rates, sedentary lifestyles, obesity, and teenage | ||
pregnancy; it also supports child abuse prevention, and it sponsors | ||
a wide range of programs to advance early childhood development, | ||
youth engagement, senior health, and public immunization; and | ||
WHEREAS, This noteworthy organization shares with other | ||
groups the knowledge gained through its research and analysis; both | ||
in the United States and abroad, its initiatives have been | ||
recognized as worthwhile models for community engagement and the | ||
collaborative development of solutions to complex health issues; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Through its leadership in promoting good health over | ||
the past two decades, Paso del Norte Health Foundation has made a | ||
lasting, positive difference in quality of life for the people of | ||
the region, and its management and staff may reflect with pride on | ||
the group's many accomplishments; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 20th anniversary of Paso del | ||
Norte Health Foundation and extend to all those associated with the | ||
organization sincere best wishes for continued success in their | ||
important work; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the foundation as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Pickett | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 299 was adopted by the House on | ||
February 19, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||