Bill Text: TX SCR28 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Designating the first Tuesday in March as Texas Assisted Living Awareness Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2013.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-25 - Signed by the Governor [SCR28 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SCR28-Enrolled.html
S.C.R. No. 28 |
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WHEREAS, Those facilities that provide Texas senior citizens | ||
with support and assistance while allowing them to maintain their | ||
independence and dignity are indeed worthy of special recognition; | ||
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WHEREAS, With the number of elderly Americans on the rise, it | ||
is increasingly important to ensure housing and resources are | ||
available to preserve their quality of life; assisted living offers | ||
relatively independent senior citizens the minor health care | ||
services and help they need to continue residing in a home setting; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Approximately 40,000 Texans live in more than 1,700 | ||
licensed assisted living communities; by offering socialization | ||
and personal wellness opportunities, along with staff who interact | ||
daily with residents, these facilities help prevent seniors from | ||
becoming isolated; and | ||
WHEREAS, Assisted living facilities and the caring workers | ||
who run them render invaluable services to many Texas seniors and | ||
their families, and in so doing, they contribute significantly to | ||
communities throughout the state; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby designate the first Tuesday in March 2013 as Texas Assisted | ||
Living Awareness Day; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That in accordance with the provisions of | ||
Subsection (d), Section 391.004, Government Code, this designation | ||
remains in effect until the 10th anniversary of the date this | ||
resolution is passed. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 28 was adopted by the Senate | ||
on April 4, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 28 was adopted by the House | ||
on May 10, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |