Bill Text: TX HR596 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dianne Yeager of Crane Memorial Hospital on her receipt of the 2016 Texas Hospital Association Pioneer Award.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-08 - Reported enrolled [HR596 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR596-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 596 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Dianne Yeager, chief executive officer of Crane | ||
| Memorial Hospital, has been named the recipient of the 2016 Texas | ||
| Hospital Association Pioneer Award; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Established by the THA Rural Hospital Constituency | ||
| Council, this prestigious accolade recognizes a hospital | ||
| administrator or CEO who has demonstrated creative and innovative | ||
| leadership in the community they serve; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dianne Yeager began her career with Crane Memorial | ||
| Hospital nearly three decades ago as a part-time nurse, and she | ||
| served as director of nursing before becoming CEO; under her | ||
| skillful guidance, CMH has strengthened its finances and earned | ||
| national recognition; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 2011, CMH received the Rural Hospital Outstanding | ||
| HIT Partnership Award from the Texas Organization of Rural and | ||
| Community Hospitals to acknowledge the facility's collaboration | ||
| with other rural hospitals in implementing electronic health | ||
| records; the next year, TORCH presented CMH with its Rural Hospital | ||
| IT Award of Excellence, and for three consecutive years, the | ||
| facility was ranked among the Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals by | ||
| the National Rural Hospital Association and was named the premier | ||
| CAH for financial stability; moreover, in 2013, the TMF Health | ||
| Quality Institute accorded CMH its Commitment to Quality in | ||
| Excellence Award for its accomplishments in Medicare quality | ||
| improvement; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Rural hospitals contribute immeasurably to the | ||
| well-being of local communities, and Dianne Yeager has greatly | ||
| benefited her fellow citizens through her outstanding achievements | ||
| as CEO of Crane Memorial Hospital; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Dianne Yeager on her receipt of the | ||
| 2016 Texas Hospital Association Pioneer Award and extend to her | ||
| sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Yeager as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Craddick | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 596 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 2, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
