Bill Text: TX HR54 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Bridgett Wilson of Terrell High School on becoming the youngest credentialed member of the American Academy of Professional Coders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR54 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR54-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 54 |
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WHEREAS, Bridgett Wilson, a 15-year-old junior at Terrell | ||
High School, has made history by becoming the youngest credentialed | ||
member of the American Academy of Professional Coders; and | ||
WHEREAS, A lifelong resident of Terrell, Ms. Wilson obtained | ||
her Certified Professional Coder credential through a virtual, | ||
instructor-led training program offered by Arkansas State | ||
University Three Rivers in association with AAPC; she enrolled in | ||
the program alongside her mother, Rose Wilson, who immigrated to | ||
the United States from Kenya and who currently works in the | ||
radiology department at White Rock Medical Center in Dallas; the | ||
Wilson family also includes Bridgett's two younger sisters, for | ||
whom she hopes to set a good example; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to excelling in various advanced | ||
placement courses, Bridgett Wilson is currently a member of her | ||
school's Honor Society and drill team; she is also pursuing an | ||
associate's degree from Trinity Valley Community College through a | ||
dual credit program; after her graduation from high school, she | ||
plans to study dentistry at Texas A&M University on her way to one | ||
day opening her own pediatric dental or orthodontic practice; in | ||
the meantime, she hopes to use her professional coding | ||
certification to find part-time or volunteer work as a medical | ||
coder; and | ||
WHEREAS, This outstanding young Texan has worked toward her | ||
goals with exceptional diligence and determination, and she may | ||
take justifiable pride in this achievement as she looks forward to a | ||
future bright with promise; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Bridgett Wilson on becoming the | ||
youngest credentialed member of the American Academy of | ||
Professional Coders and extend to her sincere best wishes for | ||
continued success in all her endeavors; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Wilson as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Bell of Kaufman | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 54 was adopted by the House on March | ||
8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||