Bill Text: TX HR73 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing January 19-25, 2025, as National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Week.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2025-03-14 - Reported enrolled [HR73 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HR73-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 73 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The recognition of January 19-25, 2025, as National | ||
| Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Week is a fitting tribute | ||
| to the contributions of these vital medical professionals; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are | ||
| advanced practice registered nurses who are qualified to make | ||
| independent judgments regarding all aspects of anesthesia care | ||
| based on their education, training, and licensure; providing | ||
| anesthesia care to patients in the United States for more than 150 | ||
| years, CRNAs were the first professional health care workers to | ||
| administer anesthesia, and through an act of Congress passed in | ||
| 1986, they became the first nursing specialty to be accorded direct | ||
| reimbursement rights by Medicare; and | ||
| WHEREAS, CRNAs are the primary anesthesia providers in rural | ||
| communities in Texas and continue to be the primary providers of | ||
| anesthesia care to U.S. military personnel; these medical | ||
| professionals' experience in critical care nursing also enables | ||
| them to address the unique health care challenges of some of the | ||
| sickest patients, including military veterans; and | ||
| WHEREAS, CRNAs practice in every setting in which anesthesia | ||
| is delivered, including traditional hospital surgical suites and | ||
| obstetrical delivery rooms, critical access hospitals, ambulatory | ||
| surgical centers, and the offices of dentists, podiatrists, | ||
| ophthalmologists, pain management specialists, and more; they | ||
| deliver specialized, cost-effective care to all patients--from | ||
| newborns to seniors--for every type of procedure; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Texas is home to more than 4,400 CRNAs who have | ||
| devoted their careers to providing safe and compassionate care to | ||
| the citizens of the Lone Star State, and they are indeed deserving | ||
| of special commendation; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize January 19-25, 2025, as National | ||
| Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Week and extend sincere | ||
| appreciation to all those who serve as certified registered nurse | ||
| anesthetists in Texas for the important role they play in providing | ||
| quality health care. | ||
| Johnson | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 73 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 13, 2025, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
