Bill Text: TX HR559 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Caring for Children Foundation of Texas and commending all those associated with that organization.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-15 - Reported enrolled [HR559 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR559-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 559 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Caring for Children Foundation of Texas is | ||
| celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2011; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Caring Foundation was created in 1991 as a | ||
| 501(c)(3) charitable organization specifically to address the | ||
| needs of several hundred thousand medically underserved Texas | ||
| children whose families could not afford health insurance yet did | ||
| not qualify for Medicaid; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through its Caring for Children Program, from 1992 | ||
| to 1999, the foundation provided doctor's visits for annual | ||
| wellness and sick care, outpatient surgery, and prescription drugs | ||
| for more than 6,700 uninsured children; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1997, the Caring Foundation launched the Care Van | ||
| Program, a mobile immunization outreach that conducts immunization | ||
| events at schools, churches, community centers, restaurants, | ||
| parks, and fire stations; the program has since grown to a fleet of | ||
| 10 vans serving 8 regions of the state, and to date has screened | ||
| more than 500,000 children and provided more than 830,000 | ||
| immunizations; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Preventative dental care services are also | ||
| important to a child's health, and the foundation has launched | ||
| community collaborations to provide dental exams and sealants to | ||
| preschool and elementary school students; more than 53,000 children | ||
| have received these preventative services since 2009; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Key to the Caring Foundation's success in all three | ||
| health initiatives has been a commitment to cooperation and | ||
| coordination with the Texas Department of State Health Services, | ||
| local health services, the Texas Medical Association, individual | ||
| health professionals, hospitals, civic groups, churches, school | ||
| districts, fire departments, and volunteers, all of whom have | ||
| provided invaluable resources and staffing to support the work of | ||
| the foundation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Since the creation of the Caring Foundation in 1991, | ||
| the primary statewide sponsor has been Blue Cross Blue Shield of | ||
| Texas, which has provided 100 percent of all the foundation's | ||
| administrative expenses, allowing all other donations to the | ||
| foundation to go directly to delivery of care; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Caring | ||
| for Children Foundation of Texas and commend all those associated | ||
| with the organization for their efforts in behalf of the medically | ||
| underserved children of Texas; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the Caring for Children Foundation of Texas as an | ||
| expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Straus | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 559 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 3, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
