Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas House Bill HR1003 Compare Versions

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3	3	State of Arkansas 1
4	4	95th General Assembly 2
5	5	Regular Session, 2025 HR 1003 3
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7	7	By: Representatives Ladyman, Cavenaugh, Milligan, Rye, Tosh 5
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10	10	HOUSE RESOLUTION 8
11	11	TO HONOR ST. BERNARDS MEDICAL CENTER IN JONESBORO FOR 9
12	12	BEING THE FIRST MEDICAL FACILITY IN THE STATE TO OPEN 10
13	13	A MATERNAL LIFE360 HOME. 11
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17	17	TO HONOR ST. BERNARDS MEDICAL CENTER IN 15
18	18	JONESBORO FOR BEING THE FIRST MEDICAL 16
19	19	FACILITY IN THE STATE TO OPEN A MATERNAL 17
20	20	LIFE360 HOME. 18
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22	22	WHEREAS, St. Bernards Healthcare serves Northeast Arkansas and 20
23	23	Southeast Missouri with cancer care, heart and vascular care, primary care, 21
24	24	emergency services, senior services, women’s and children’s services, 22
25	25	surgical services, and virtual care; and 23
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27	27	WHEREAS, St. Bernards Healthcare was founded as an independent, 25
28	28	nonprofit, Catholic healthcare system and works to uphold its mission “To 26
29	29	provide Christ-like healing to the community”; and 27
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31	31	WHEREAS, St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro opened as a six -room 29
32	32	hospital in 1900 and now serves as the largest bed -referral center in East 30
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35	35	WHEREAS, in 2016, the St. Bernards Pregnancy Clinic opened to provide 33
36	36	prenatal services to combat adverse maternal outcomes in eastern Arkansas; 34
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41	41	WHEREAS, the St. Bernards Pregnancy Clinic's mission is "to provide 1
42	42	vital prenatal and postpartum care to all women, regardless of insurance 2
43	43	status or health history"; and 3
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45	45	WHEREAS, in November 2024, St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro 5
46	46	partnered with the Department of Human Services to open the first Maternal 6
47	47	Life360 HOME in the state to serve women with high -risk pregnancies; and 7
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49	49	WHEREAS, the Maternal Life360 HOME program supports women with high -9
50	50	risk pregnancies who are enrolled in the Arkansas Health and Opportunity for 10
51	51	Me Program and traditional Medicaid through home -visit services during 11
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54	54	WHEREAS, the program functions not only to improve challenging maternal 14
55	55	outcomes but also to address related social needs like food security and 15
56	56	housing to benefit the long -term health and well -being of women and children, 16
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58	58	NOW THEREFORE, 18
59	59	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL 19
60	60	ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 20
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62	62	THAT the House of Representatives honor St. Bernards Medical Center in 22
63	63	Jonesboro for being the first medical facility in the state to open a 23
64	64	Maternal Life360 HOME. 24
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