Bill Text: TX SR367 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 2015 as National Athletic Training Month.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-16 - Reported enrolled [SR367 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR367-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Licensed athletic trainers have long provided | ||
| quality health care to individuals involved in sports and other | ||
| physical activities, and National Athletic Training Month in | ||
| March 2015 provides a fitting opportunity to honor these notable | ||
| health care professionals; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1971, Texas became the first state to enact a | ||
| law requiring athletic trainers to meet specific standards of | ||
| education, competency, and ethics, and today all such | ||
| practitioners working in Texas are licensed and regulated by the | ||
| Advisory Board of Athletic Trainers; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Athletic trainers offer an extensive range of | ||
| services, from preventing injuries before games and sporting | ||
| events to recognizing and treating injuries after they occur, | ||
| under the direction of a physician; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Certified athletic trainers work in a variety of | ||
| settings, and secondary schools, colleges and universities, | ||
| professional and amateur athletic organizations, clinics and | ||
| hospitals, and corporations and industries all benefit from | ||
| their expertise; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas State Athletic Trainers' Association, | ||
| which was established in 2001, endeavors to promote, enhance, and | ||
| advance the athletic training profession in the Lone Star State; | ||
| the organization offers a number of valuable services to its | ||
| members and strives to be the voice of thousands of licensed | ||
| athletic trainers statewide; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The association works with the Office of Acquired | ||
| Brain Injury and the Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council to | ||
| provide brain injury education, awareness, prevention, and | ||
| service referral and coordination; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The men and women who work as athletic trainers | ||
| play a positive role in the lives of countless Texas residents, | ||
| and they indeed merit special commendation for their efforts and | ||
| achievements; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
| Legislature, hereby recognize March 2015 as National Athletic | ||
| Training Month in Texas and extend thanks and best wishes to the | ||
| state's athletic trainers. | ||
| Kolkhorst | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 16, 2015. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
