Bill Text: TX SR539 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas Senate Resolution 539 (Prior Session Legislation)

Enrolled

Bill Title: Recognizing March 30, 2017, as Texas Doctors' Day.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2017-03-30 - Reported enrolled [SR539 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SR539-Enrolled.html


	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 539
	WHEREAS, The observance of Texas Doctors' Day on March 30,
	2017, provides a welcome opportunity to honor the physicians of
	the Lone Star State for their unwavering commitment to the health
	and well-being of the people of Texas; and

	WHEREAS, Conceived by Eudora Brown Almond, the wife of
	Dr. Charles B. Almond, the first Doctors' Day was held in Winder,
	Georgia, in 1933; the occasion received wider recognition with
	the passing decades, and in 1990, President George H. W. Bush
	signed legislation designating March 30 of each year as National
	Doctors' Day; this date was selected to commemorate the
	anniversary of the first use of general anesthesia in surgery by
	Dr. Crawford W. Long in 1842; and

	WHEREAS, Texas is home to more than 60,000 physicians, who
	not only provide for the care of others but also serve in many
	positions of leadership at all levels of society; the Texas
	Legislature has long benefited from the dedication of such
	individuals, including current state representatives Tom
	Oliverson, J. D. Sheffield, John Zerwas, and Greg Bonnen and
	state senators Dawn Buckingham, Charles Schwertner, and Donna
	Campbell; and

	WHEREAS, Doctors play an essential role in the health care
	of countless Texans, and their contributions to the welfare and
	prosperity of the state have earned them the respect, admiration,
	and appreciation of their fellow citizens; now, therefore, be it

	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th
	Legislature, hereby recognize March 30, 2017, as Texas Doctors'
	Day and pay special tribute to the physicians currently serving
	in the Texas Legislature.

	Huffman



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		President of the Senate

		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on March 30, 2017.



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		Secretary of the Senate



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		Member, Texas Senate