Bill Text: TX HR510 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Dr. Samuel Mathis for his participation in the Physician of the Day Program at the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-17 - Reported enrolled [HR510 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR510-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 510 |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Samuel Mathis of The University of Texas Medical | ||
Branch at Galveston is serving as Physician of the Day at the State | ||
Capitol on April 5, 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Physician of the Day Program provides for a | ||
doctor from the Texas Academy of Family Physicians to be on call | ||
each day of a legislative session as a resource for legislators and | ||
support staff; physicians travel from all over the state to | ||
volunteer their time and expertise at the Capitol Health Services | ||
Clinic; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Samuel Mathis is an assistant professor at the | ||
UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine and the associate | ||
director of the Medical Student Education Program; he also serves | ||
as a physician at the UTMB Galveston Island East Family Medicine | ||
clinic; a leader in his field, he holds a seat on the Texas Medical | ||
Association Board of Directors and is a former president of the | ||
Galveston County Medical Society; he was honored as a Texas Monthly | ||
Super Doctors Rising Star in 2021 and 2022, and he received a | ||
Galveston County Daily News 40 Under 40 Award in 2021; and | ||
WHEREAS, Following his graduation from Baylor University, | ||
Dr. Mathis earned his doctor of medicine degree from UTMB at | ||
Galveston in 2014; he completed training with the Memorial Family | ||
Medicine Residency Program in Sugar Land and with the UTMB Health | ||
Integrative and Behavioral Medicine Fellowship program; moreover, | ||
he is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of his career, Dr. Mathis has | ||
provided skilled and compassionate care to his fellow citizens, and | ||
it is indeed a pleasure to welcome this esteemed medical | ||
professional to the State Capitol; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend Dr. Mathis for his participation in the | ||
Physician of the Day Program and extend to him sincere best wishes | ||
for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. Mathis as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Leo-Wilson | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 510 was adopted by the House on March | ||
16, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||