TITLE: Commending members of the Texas Dental Association and Texas Dental Association Smiles Foundation and recognizing the 2018 Texas Mission of Mercy.

SUMMARY: Commending members of the Texas Dental Association and Texas Dental Association Smiles Foundation and recognizing the 2018 Texas Mission of Mercy.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The Texas Dental Association and Texas Dental Association Smiles Foundation sponsor numerous visits by a mobile dental clinic to communities across the Lone Star State; and WHEREAS, With the crucial support of dentists, laboratories, and non-dental personnel who donate their services to help others, the Texas Mission of Mercy program offers basic dental care free of charge to uninsured Texans; and WHEREAS, Since 2001, TMOM events have provided more than 29,000 patients with care valued at nearly $15 million; on November 11 and 12, 2016, the first TMOM event to focus on Texas veterans was held at the Cummings Recreation Center in Dallas; over 80 dentists and another 388 volunteers participated, providing dental care valued at nearly $482,000 to the 462 veterans in attendance; and WHEREAS, The Texas Dental Association and Texas Dental Association Smiles Foundation are making an immeasurable difference in the lives of those they serve, and all who make the Texas Mission of Mercy possible are indeed deserving of deepest appreciation; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas Legislature hereby commend the members of the Texas Dental Association and Texas Dental Association Smiles Foundation for offering vital dental care to their fellow Texans through the 2018 Texas Mission of Mercy; and, be it further RESOLVED, That official copies of this resolution be prepared for these two groups as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Alonzo Straus Goldman Oliverson Allen Gonzales of Williamson Ortega Alonzo Gonz lez of El Paso Paddie Alvarado Gooden Parker Anchia Guerra Paul Anderson of Dallas Guillen Perez Anderson of McLennan Gutierrez Phelan Ar valo Hefner Phillips Ashby Hernandez Pickett Bailes Herrero Price Bell Hinojosa Raney Bernal Holland Raymond Biedermann Howard Reynolds Blanco Huberty Rinaldi Bohac Hunter Roberts Bonnen of Brazoria Isaac Rodriguez of Bexar Bonnen of Galveston Israel Rodriguez of Travis Burkett Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr. Burns Johnson of Harris Rose Burrows Kacal Sanford Button Keough Schaefer Cain King of Hemphill Schofield Canales King of Parker Schubert Capriglione King of Uvalde Shaheen Clardy Klick Sheffield Coleman Koop Shine Collier Krause Simmons Cook Kuempel Smithee Cortez Lambert Springer Cosper Landgraf Stephenson Craddick Lang Stickland Cyrier Larson Stucky Dale Laubenberg Swanson Darby Leach Thierry Davis of Dallas Longoria Thompson of Brazoria Davis of Harris Lozano Thompson of Harris Dean Lucio III Tinderholt Deshotel Martinez Turner Dukes Metcalf Uresti Dutton Meyer VanDeaver Elkins Miller Villalba Faircloth Minjarez Vo Fallon Moody Walle Farrar Morrison White Flynn Mu oz, Jr. Wilson Frank Murphy Workman Frullo Murr Wray Geren Neave Wu Gervin-Hawkins Nev rez Zedler Giddings Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 372 was adopted by the House on February 22, 2017, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House