Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

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4	4	SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 157
5	5	By Massey
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8	8	SJR0157
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12	12	A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Remote Area Medical on
13	13	the occasion of the organization's fortieth
14	14	anniversary.
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16	16	WHEREAS, it is fitting that the members of this General Assembly pay tribute to those
17	17	exemplary organizations that work with purpose and conviction to improve the quality of life in
18	18	their respective communities; and
19	19	WHEREAS, one such esteemed organization is Remote Area Medical (RAM), which
20	20	celebrates its fortieth anniversary this year, marking four decades of serving vulnerable
21	21	populations in need of quality medical care; and
22	22	WHEREAS, now nationally renowned, RAM was founded in Rockford in 1985 by Stan
23	23	Brock, a British-born Amazonian cowboy turned star of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, who
24	24	envisioned an America where everyone has access to health care, regardless of location or
25	25	ability to pay; and
26	26	WHEREAS, an inspirational adventurer who went from wrestling giant anacondas on
27	27	television to grappling with one of the biggest social issues of our time, Mr. Brock set out with a
28	28	mission to prevent pain and alleviate suffering by providing free, quality health care to those in
29	29	need through the operation of pop-up and telehealth clinics offering dental, vision, and medical
30	30	services to the uninsured, underinsured, and underserved; and
31	31	WHEREAS, RAM receives no payments from patients, no money from taxpayers, and
32	32	no federal funding; it accomplishes its noble mission through the continued generosity of
33	33	volunteers, donors, and supporters; and
34	34	WHEREAS, in the four decades since RAM's founding, more than 230,000 volunteers—
35	35	primarily licensed physicians and pre-professional students—have served nearly 978,000
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40	40	patients in forty-two states, providing more than $215 million in free care; the organization
41	41	anticipates caring for its millionth patient in 2025, as well as conducting 150 full-scale mobile
42	42	and telehealth visits in Tennessee alone; and
43	43	WHEREAS, RAM serves marginalized indigent and working class individuals struggling
44	44	to make ends meet, the penniless, the forgotten, and the millions of fellow Americans who have
45	45	slipped through the cracks of our porous healthcare system, keeping Stan Brock's legacy of
46	46	hope alive; and
47	47	WHEREAS, whether serving under-resourced communities in rural areas or providing
48	48	care to the unhoused, recovering veterans, and survivors of abuse in urban areas, RAM brings
49	49	health care to the patient despite their location or ability to pay; the organization exists to ensure
50	50	that even the most vulnerable among us have access to the same quality health care we all
51	51	deserve; and
52	52	WHEREAS, Remote Area Medical has provided compassionate, quality care for the
53	53	underserved in Tennessee for forty years now, and it is our privilege to recognize this vital
54	54	organization on this special occasion; now, therefore,
55	55	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH
56	56	GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF
57	57	REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that we honor and commend Remote Area Medical upon
58	58	the organization's fortieth anniversary, commending its continued commitment to bringing free
59	59	health care to remote and underserved communities throughout Tennessee and across
60	60	America.
61	61	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
62	62	for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to
63	63	the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear
64	64	without House or Senate designation.