TITLE: Recognizing April 25, 2013, as Texas Charitable Clinic Day.

SUMMARY: Recognizing April 25, 2013, as Texas Charitable Clinic Day.

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WHEREAS, Lone Star Association of Charitable Clinics is holding its fifth state conference in Round Rock on April 25-26, 2013; and WHEREAS, Since its founding in 2005, the association has been dedicated to increasing access to quality health care for the underserved, offering networking and educational opportunities for affiliates, and collecting and disseminating information relevant to its mission; and WHEREAS, This worthwhile organization assists over 60 charitable Texas clinics, which together have more than 300,000 patient visits each year; often staffed extensively by volunteers, these vital centers provide a practical alternative to costly hospital and emergency room care; and WHEREAS, Lone Star Association of Charitable Clinics has worked to make efficient and effective medical treatment available to those who may otherwise go without, and its efforts have had a profound and positive influence on the citizens of Texas; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby recognize April 25, 2013, as Texas Charitable Clinic Day and extend to all involved with the clinics sincere best wishes for continued success with their important work. Naishtat 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. 704 was adopted by the House on March 13, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House