TITLE: Commending Dr. David L. Lakey for his service as commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services.

SUMMARY: Commending Dr. David L. Lakey for his service as commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, After eight years of exceptional service as commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, Dr. David L. Lakey concluded his tenure in that important post on January 30, 2015; and WHEREAS, This skilled medical professional became commissioner of DSHS in January 2007, taking charge of one of the state's largest agencies; he was responsible for overseeing programs to address such urgent issues as disease prevention, disaster preparedness, environmental and consumer safety, and family and community health services; his outstanding leadership abilities were demonstrated on a number of occasions, most recently in response to the Ebola virus outbreak in 2014, when he played a key part in coordinating the state's efforts to contain the disease; and WHEREAS, Dr. Lakey is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine, and he completed his residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in adult and pediatric infectious disease at Vanderbilt University Medical Center; before joining DSHS, he served as an associate professor of medicine for eight years at The University of Texas Health Science Center in Tyler, where he was also chief of the Division of Clinical Infectious Disease and medical director of the Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control; in addition, he excelled in his duties as the associate director for infectious disease and biosecurity at the UT Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness, and he was responsible for leading a bioterrorism preparedness committee for 34 hospitals and for guiding the development of the Public Health Laboratory of East Texas; and WHEREAS, Dr. Lakey left his post as commissioner to accept a first-ever joint appointment with The University of Texas System and UT Health Northeast, in which he will focus on improving health outcomes throughout the state; in this role, he will continue to make important contributions that will help safeguard the well-being of Texas residents, furthering his notable legacy of public service; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby commend Dr. David L. Lakey for his accomplishments as commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Dr. Lakey as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Crownover Howard Straus Gonz lez Paddie Allen Guerra Parker Alonzo Guillen Paul Alvarado Gutierrez Pe a Anchia Harless Phelan Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phillips Anderson of McLennan Herrero Pickett Ashby Howard Price Aycock Huberty Raney Bell Hughes Raymond Bernal Hunter Reynolds Blanco Isaac Riddle Bohac Israel Rinaldi Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rodriguez of Bexar Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Travis Burkett Keffer Romero, Jr. Burns Keough Rose Burrows King of Hemphill Sanford Button King of Parker Schaefer Canales King of Taylor Schofield Capriglione King of Uvalde Schubert Clardy Klick Shaheen Coleman Koop Sheets Collier Krause Sheffield Cook Kuempel Simmons Craddick Landgraf Simpson Crownover Larson Smith Cyrier Laubenberg Smithee Dale Leach Spitzer Darby Longoria Springer Davis of Dallas Lozano Stephenson Davis of Harris Lucio III Stickland Deshotel M rquez Thompson of Brazoria Dukes Martinez Thompson of Harris Dutton Martinez Fischer Tinderholt Elkins McClendon Turner of Collin Faircloth Metcalf Turner of Harris Fallon Meyer Turner of Tarrant Farias Miles VanDeaver Farney Miller of Comal Villalba Farrar Miller of Fort Bend Vo Fletcher Moody Walle Flynn Morrison White of Bell Frank Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Frullo Murphy Workman Galindo Murr Wray Geren Naishtat Wu Giddings Nev rez Zedler Goldman Oliveira Zerwas Gonzales Otto Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 396 was adopted by the House on February 19, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House