Bill Text: TX SR745 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Four Price for receiving the Mary Elizabeth Holdsworth Butt Award for Mental Health.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-08 - Reported enrolled [SR745 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR745-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to | ||
recognize State Representative Four Price, who has been named the | ||
recipient of the Mary Elizabeth Holdsworth Butt Award for Mental | ||
Health; and | ||
WHEREAS, This prestigious honor is presented by Mental | ||
Health America of Texas, the state's longest-serving mental | ||
health education and advocacy group; the award is given to a | ||
Texan for his or her outstanding contributions to and leadership | ||
in improving the lives of Texans affected by mental illness; and | ||
WHEREAS, Representative Price is a fourth-generation Texan | ||
from Amarillo and is serving his fourth term in the Texas House of | ||
Representatives; a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin | ||
and Saint Mary's University School of Law, he serves as chair of | ||
the House Committee on Public Health, and in 2016 he chaired the | ||
House Select Committee on Mental Health; and | ||
WHEREAS, As chair of the select committee, Representative | ||
Price led a statewide examination of mental health care in Texas | ||
that included efforts to identify gaps in service and potential | ||
solutions to address those shortfalls; as part of this effort, he | ||
led a series of hearings to gather information from more than 100 | ||
expert witnesses from a diverse range of professions and made | ||
numerous on-site visits to mental health treatment facilities | ||
across the state; and | ||
WHEREAS, Representative Price has been instrumental in | ||
legislative efforts to ensure that those facing mental health | ||
challenges have access to the best of treatment and care, and it | ||
is truly fitting that he receive special recognition; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
Legislature, hereby commend Representative Four Price on his | ||
exceptional work addressing the state's mental health issues and | ||
extend congratulations to him on receiving the Mary Elizabeth | ||
Holdsworth Butt Award for Mental Health; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
him as an expression of highest regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
Nelson | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 8, 2017. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |