Bill Text: TX HR87 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending members of the Texas Dental Association and Texas Dental Association Smiles Foundation and recognizing the 2012 Texas Missions of Mercy.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-03 - Reported enrolled [HR87 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR87-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 87 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Texas Dental Association and Texas Dental | ||
| Association Smiles Foundation each year sponsor numerous two-day | ||
| Missions of Mercy across the Lone Star State; and | ||
| WHEREAS, During that period, the groups' charitable dental | ||
| clinics administer much-needed oral health care to countless | ||
| Texans, thanks to the dentists, laboratories, and non-dental | ||
| personnel who donate their services to help others; and | ||
| WHEREAS, By the close of 2010, the Texas Missions of Mercy had | ||
| provided more than 15,000 residents of the state with dental care | ||
| worth nearly $5.6 million; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas Dental Association and Texas Dental | ||
| Association Smiles Foundation continue to provide those in need | ||
| with important access to dental care, thus contributing to the | ||
| improved health and well-being of many people; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commend the members of the Texas Dental | ||
| Association and Texas Dental Association Smiles Foundation for | ||
| offering vital dental care to their fellow Texans through the 2012 | ||
| Texas Missions of Mercy; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared | ||
| for these two groups as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Alonzo | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 87 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 24, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
