Bill Text: TX SR501 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Cris Rivera on the occasion of her retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-02 - Reported enrolled [SR501 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR501-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
recognize Cris Rivera, who retired as chief executive officer of | ||
Rio Grande Regional Hospital on March 31, 2023, after a | ||
distinguished career of more than 36 years in health care | ||
management with Hospital Corporation of America Healthcare; and | ||
WHEREAS, Cris Rivera is a visionary leader in health care | ||
administration whose diligence and dedication have benefited | ||
countless staff members and patients at the hospitals she has | ||
served; a native of Edinburg, Cris was named chief executive | ||
officer of Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen in November of | ||
2012, and she became the first Hispanic woman to serve in the | ||
position; and | ||
WHEREAS, While earning her bachelor's degree from | ||
Incarnate Word College in San Antonio, Cris began her career in | ||
health care by working as a phlebotomist; she went on to earn her | ||
master's degree in administration and health care management | ||
from Our Lady of the Lake University, and she first joined the | ||
staff of Rio Grande Regional Hospital in 1982 and was employed as | ||
a lab supervisor; and | ||
WHEREAS, Cris went on to serve in top leadership roles at a | ||
number of other HCA Healthcare-affiliated hospitals in Texas, | ||
Kansas, and Louisiana before returning to Rio Grande Regional | ||
Hospital in 2012 to begin her tenure as chief executive officer; | ||
under her leadership, the institutions she served were | ||
recognized among the nation's top-performing hospitals, and Cris | ||
was instrumental in successfully implementing plans for facility | ||
expansion and renovation projects and in establishing | ||
specialized health care clinics; and | ||
WHEREAS, While serving at Rio Grande Regional Hospital, | ||
Cris was devoted to her mission to recruit talented and dedicated | ||
physicians to South Texas and to make quality health care more | ||
accessible to the residents of the Rio Grande Valley; among her | ||
achievements as chief executive officer, she recently signed an | ||
agreement partnering Rio Grande Regional Hospital and HCA | ||
Healthcare with The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; | ||
through this partnership, resident physicians from the | ||
university's medical school will be placed in training positions | ||
at Rio Grande Regional Hospital and at Valley Regional Medical | ||
Center in Brownsville; and | ||
WHEREAS, Widely respected and admired for her effective | ||
leadership and prudent administration, Cris worked to create a | ||
rewarding environment for her staff and to empower them to pursue | ||
excellence in health care; her passion for serving her community | ||
and her uncompromising commitment to the highest standards of | ||
health care management have greatly benefited the residents of | ||
the Rio Grande Valley, she is indeed deserving of special | ||
recognition on her outstanding accomplishments; now, therefore, | ||
be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby commend Cris Rivera on her years of exemplary | ||
leadership in health care management and extend to her | ||
congratulations on her retirement and best wishes for the future; | ||
and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
Hinojosa | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 2, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |