Bill Text: TX HR449 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Camille Miller on her retirement as president and CEO of the Texas Health Institute.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-17 - Reported enrolled [HR449 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR449-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 449 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Camille D. Miller of Austin is retiring as president | ||
| and chief executive officer of the Texas Health Institute on | ||
| September 16, 2017, concluding a 22-year tenure at the helm of the | ||
| agency and drawing to a close four decades of service to her fellow | ||
| Texans; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, | ||
| Ms. Miller holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's | ||
| degree in social work; she was hired by Governor Preston Smith's | ||
| office in 1970 as a statistician in the Division of Planning | ||
| Coordination, and she became director of plans and research during | ||
| the Dolph Briscoe administration; subsequently, she joined the | ||
| Manpower Services Division in the Texas Department of Community | ||
| Affairs and was its assistant director before becoming a partner in | ||
| Dimension Associates, a private consulting firm; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Miller returned to state government in 1982 and | ||
| rose to become director of policy and research in the office of the | ||
| lieutenant governor under William P. Hobby; later, she served with | ||
| Bob Bullock in both the office of the comptroller and the office of | ||
| the lieutenant governor; she briefly led the newly created Texas | ||
| Department of Protective and Regulatory Affairs as interim | ||
| executive director in the early 1990s and then served as chief of | ||
| staff for Senator Judith Zaffirini at the Senate Committee on | ||
| Health and Human Services; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1995, Ms. Miller became Medicaid Project | ||
| director for the Texas Hospital Association, and she took on | ||
| leadership of the Texas Institute for Health Policy Research the | ||
| following year; she has served her profession in numerous | ||
| capacities, among them chair of the National Network of Public | ||
| Health Institutes and the National State Health Policy Centers | ||
| Collaborative, and her many accolades include lifetime achievement | ||
| awards from both the National Association of Social Workers and its | ||
| Texas chapter and an honorary doctorate in public service from the | ||
| board of regents of the University of North Texas Health Science | ||
| Center; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Camille Miller has made a lasting, positive | ||
| difference in many lives through her outstanding contributions in | ||
| public service and public policy, and she may indeed take pride in a | ||
| career well spent; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Camille | ||
| Miller on her retirement as president and CEO of the Texas Health | ||
| Institute and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, | ||
| be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Miller as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Hinojosa | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 449 was adopted by the House on August | ||
| 15, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
