Bill Text: TX SR129 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center for its contributions to rural health care, education, and research.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2025-02-26 - Reported enrolled [SR129 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SR129-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Students, faculty, and staff of the Texas Tech | ||
| University Health Sciences Center are convening at the State | ||
| Capitol on February 26, 2025, to celebrate the university's | ||
| legacy of advancing rural health care, education, and research in | ||
| Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Established in 1969 as Texas Tech University | ||
| School of Medicine, the institution was renamed Texas Tech | ||
| University Health Sciences Center in 1979, and it has become a | ||
| comprehensive health research institution; throughout its | ||
| history, it has been a leader in addressing rural health care | ||
| challenges across the State of Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, TTUHSC remains committed to its foundational | ||
| mission of serving the health care needs of the predominantly | ||
| underserved West Texas region, which encompasses 121 counties | ||
| representing 35 percent of the state's population and 54 percent | ||
| of its land mass; the university continues to expand access to | ||
| care through innovative models that benefit communities across | ||
| Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This esteemed institution provides top-quality | ||
| academic and clinical education, and it has graduated more than | ||
| 42,000 health care professionals, including doctors, nurses, | ||
| pharmacists, researchers, and other key practitioners; the | ||
| institution is composed of six distinguished schools, the School | ||
| of Medicine, the School of Nursing, the School of Health | ||
| Professions, the Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, the Graduate | ||
| School of Biomedical Sciences, and the Julia Jones Matthews | ||
| School of Population and Public Health, with locations in | ||
| Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas, Lubbock, Midland, and Odessa; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Nationally recognized for its innovative | ||
| programs, academic achievements, and cutting-edge research, | ||
| TTUHSC also offers a variety of community-based services, many of | ||
| which have become statewide models for addressing the unique | ||
| challenges of rural health care; the university has also | ||
| pioneered the use of telehealth and other technologies to reach | ||
| underserved areas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A cornerstone educational institution in the Lone | ||
| Star State, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has | ||
| graduated generations of future health care professionals who | ||
| have gone on to make tangible, life-changing impacts on patients | ||
| and drive medical discovery; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th | ||
| Legislature, hereby honor the Texas Tech University Health | ||
| Sciences Center for its contributions to rural health care, | ||
| education, and research and extend to all those affiliated with | ||
| the institution sincere best wishes for continued success; and, | ||
| be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for the university as an expression of high regard from | ||
| the Texas Senate. | ||
| Perry | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on February 26, 2025. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
