Bill Text: TX SR352 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 13, 2019, as Home Care and Hospice Awareness Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-13 - Reported enrolled [SR352 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR352-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
welcome members of the Texas Association for Home Care and | ||
Hospice and to recognize Home Care and Hospice Awareness Day; and | ||
WHEREAS, Home care services provide high quality and | ||
compassionate health care services to those in need and are | ||
especially helpful during community or individual health | ||
crises; and | ||
WHEREAS, Home care is the most preferred method of health | ||
care delivery among disabled, elderly, and chronically ill | ||
individuals who are eager to live independently in their own | ||
homes as long as they possibly can; and | ||
WHEREAS, Home care in Texas is a growing alternative to | ||
hospitalization or other institution-based forms of health care | ||
for those who suffer from acute and chronic illnesses; home care | ||
services are provided to hundreds of thousands of Texans each | ||
year; and | ||
WHEREAS, Hospice care provides humane and comforting | ||
support for terminally ill patients and their families; hospice | ||
care includes pain control, palliative medical care, and social, | ||
emotional, and spiritual services; and | ||
WHEREAS, Hospice fulfills the basic human need of feeling | ||
comfortable in familiar surroundings and of attaining physical | ||
and emotional peace during the last stage of life; and | ||
WHEREAS, There is a growing need to increase public | ||
discussion about the advances in pain control and the care | ||
options available to individuals of all ages, races, and | ||
backgrounds who are at the end of life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
Legislature, hereby proclaim March 13, 2019, Home Care and Hospice | ||
Awareness Day and encourage the support and participation of all | ||
citizens in learning more about home care and hospice care for the | ||
elderly, disabled, and the terminally ill. | ||
Seliger | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on March 13, 2019. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |