Bill Text: TX SCR28 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Designating the first Tuesday in March as Texas Assisted Living Awareness Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2013.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-25 - Signed by the Governor [SCR28 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SCR28-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Designating the first Tuesday in March as Texas Assisted Living Awareness Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2013.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-25 - Signed by the Governor [SCR28 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SCR28-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Uresti | S.C.R. No. 28 | |
| (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2013; March 18, 2013, read | ||
| first time and referred to Committee on Administration; | ||
| April 2, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 4, | ||
| Nays 0; April 2, 2013, sent to printer.) | ||
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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; | ||
| and | ||
| 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. | ||
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