TITLE: Recognizing May 12-18, 2013, as National Women's Health Week.

SUMMARY: Recognizing May 12-18, 2013, as National Women's Health Week.

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WHEREAS, National Women's Health Week is taking place May 12-18, 2013, and this worthwhile event is helping to raise awareness of an issue of vital importance to the Lone Star State; and WHEREAS, Coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health, National Women's Health Week brings communities, businesses, government agencies, health organizations, and other groups together in an effort to empower women to make health their top priority; and WHEREAS, The initiative promotes a multistep plan to improve wellness; in addition to receiving regular checkups, women are encouraged to become more active, eat a healthy diet, manage stress, get enough sleep, avoid smoking, and follow general safety rules; and WHEREAS, National Women's Health Week underscores the link between physical well-being and quality of life and provides an excellent opportunity for women to begin their journey toward improved health; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby recognize May 12-18, 2013, as National Women's Health Week and encourage the women of the Lone Star State to take the simple but important steps that will allow them to lead longer, healthier lives. Farrar Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2344 was adopted by the House on May 17, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House