Bill Text: TX SR111 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Recognizing February 20 through February 24, 2023, as Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant Week in Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-07 - Reported enrolled [SR111 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR111-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Recognizing February 20 through February 24, 2023, as Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant Week in Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-07 - Reported enrolled [SR111 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR111-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, In the early 1960s, leaders in the medical | ||
specialty of anesthesiology recognized the existence of | ||
staffing shortages, and to meet growing demands and | ||
accommodate the increasing complexity of anesthesia and | ||
surgery, a group of anesthesiologists proposed the precursor | ||
to what is now the health care occupation of certified | ||
anesthesiologist assistant; and | ||
WHEREAS, Certified anesthesiologist assistants are highly | ||
skilled health professionals who work under the direction of | ||
licensed physician anesthesiologists to implement anesthesia | ||
care plans and work exclusively within the Anesthesia Care Team | ||
model, as described by the American Society of | ||
Anesthesiologists; and | ||
WHEREAS, All CAA students must have earned a baccalaureate | ||
degree with premedical coursework to be admitted into a CAA | ||
training program and must complete a comprehensive didactic and | ||
clinical program at the graduate level; and | ||
WHEREAS, CAA training programs must also include a minimum | ||
of 24 months in a master's level program accredited by the | ||
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs | ||
and must be based at, or work in collaboration with, a university | ||
that has a medical school and academic anesthesiologist | ||
physician faculty; as part of their CAA training, students are | ||
typically required to successfully complete an average of 600 | ||
hours of classroom and laboratory education and 2,600 hours of | ||
clinical anesthesia education; they are also required to | ||
administer a total of more than 600 anesthetics and to gain | ||
experience in all types of surgery; and | ||
WHEREAS, Certified anesthesiologist assistants are | ||
trained extensively in the delivery and maintenance of quality | ||
anesthesia care as well as advanced patient monitoring | ||
techniques; they perform tasks such as administering drugs, | ||
obtaining vascular access, applying and interpreting monitors, | ||
establishing and maintaining patient airways, and assisting with | ||
preoperative assessment; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2010, Dr. Carin Hagberg, in her role as the | ||
chief of anesthesiology for The University of Texas Health | ||
Science Center at Houston, developed a partnership with Case | ||
Western Reserve University to start a CAA program in Houston; it | ||
received initial accreditation in 2010 from the Commission on | ||
Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs and the | ||
Accreditation Review Committee for the Anesthesiologist | ||
Assistant; that same year, 16 graduate students were enrolled in | ||
the program, and they completed their studies in 2012; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2019, under the guidance of program director | ||
Kenneth Maloney, CAA, the Case Western Reserve University | ||
Anesthesiologist Assistant Program expanded to provide clinical | ||
rotations in Central Texas at Baylor Scott and White Health in | ||
North Austin; and | ||
WHEREAS, Certified anesthesiologist assistants currently | ||
provide anesthesia within an anesthesia care team at many major | ||
hospitals in Texas, including the Heart Hospital of Austin, | ||
Baylor Scott and White Health, Children's Medical Center Dallas, | ||
Methodist Hospital, Memorial Hermann Orthopedic and Spine | ||
Hospital, Memorial Hermann Southwest, Memorial Hermann The | ||
Woodlands, Memorial Hermann Sugar Land, St. David's Hospital | ||
System in Austin, and Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St. Luke's | ||
Medical Center; and | ||
WHEREAS, Certified anesthesiologist assistants practice | ||
in 19 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Territory of | ||
Guam; they also practice within the Medicare system and provide | ||
anesthesia services for a multitude of medical procedures every | ||
year in the United States; they have practiced in Texas since | ||
1997, when Dr. John Zerwas of Greater Houston Anesthesiology | ||
brought them into the practice to address the shortage in | ||
anesthesia providers; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Texas Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants | ||
is dedicated to the ethical advancement of the CAA profession and | ||
to creating a better future through innovation, cutting-edge | ||
medicine, advocacy, and education; the academy is ably led by | ||
president Tasha Krueger, CAA, Tim Goodridge, CAA, and secretary | ||
Thao Nguyen, CAA, as well as board members Frank Trzaska, CAA, | ||
Jana McAllister, CAA, and Paul McHorse, CAA; and | ||
WHEREAS, Certified anesthesiologist assistants have | ||
dedicated their careers to serving the citizens of Texas, and | ||
they are indeed deserving of special commendation; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby recognize the week of February 20 through | ||
February 24, 2023, as Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant Week | ||
in Texas and encourage residents of the Lone Star State to pay | ||
tribute to these invaluable professionals. | ||
Whitmire | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on February 7, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |