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HJR 316

Memorials, Recognition - Murfreesboro Anesthesia Group, Physician Champion Award from the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation -

114th Regular Session (2025-2026)

Memorial resolution recognizing Murfreesboro Anesthesia Group for the Physician Champion Award and its role in patient safety and cardiac-surgery program support.

Signed by Governor.
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Bill Summary · HJR 316

Summary of HJR 316 (2025)

Quick snapshot

  • Bill type: House Joint Resolution (memorial)
  • Sponsor: Rep. Stevens
  • Subject: Memorials, Recognition
  • Status: Signed by the Governor (March 25, 2025)
  • Introduced: March 6, 2025
  • Outcome: Resolution recognizing Murfreesboro Anesthesia Group (MAG) for receiving the Physician Champion Award from the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation

Purpose and intent

HJR 316 recognizes and congratulates Murfreesboro Anesthesia Group for receiving the Physician Champion Award from the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation. The resolution highlights MAG’s long-standing service to Rutherford County, its role in advancing Ascension Saint Thomas’s cardiac surgery program, and its emphasis on patient safety and innovation, notably ultrasound-guided regional nerve blocks.

Key provisions and content

  • Acknowledges MAG as a longstanding provider of anesthesia services in Rutherford County, founded in 1971 by Dr. Fred Lovelace and Dr. Kenneth Hunt.
  • Notes MAG’s organizational footprint: 13 anesthesiologists, 46 certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), 9 office staff.
  • MAG handles more than 20,000 cases annually, including about 4,000 labor and delivery epidurals and 7,000 regional nerve blocks.
  • Recognizes MAG’s contribution to Ascension Saint Thomas’s cardiac surgery program and its leadership in ultrasound-guided regional nerve blocks in Middle Tennessee.
  • Highlights the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation’s Rutherford Society Gala, which honors donors of $1,000 or more; MAG is named a 2025 Rutherford Society Gala honoree.
  • The Rutherford Society Gala is scheduled for March 29, 2025, at Stones River Country Club, with keynote speaker Inky Johnson.
  • The resolution expresses best wishes for MAG’s continued success.

Note: As a memorial resolution, HJR 316 does not enact new laws or fiscal policies; its effect is ceremonial and symbolic, recognizing achievement and community impact.

Affected parties

  • Murfreesboro Anesthesia Group (MAG) and its employees
  • Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation and its donors
  • Rutherford County healthcare community and the broader public it serves
  • Tennessee General Assembly (as the recognizing body)

Timeline and procedural path

  • March 6, 2025: Introduced and placed on House consent calendar
  • March 10, 2025: Adopted in the House (Ayes 95, Nays 0)
  • March 13–17, 2025: Transmitted to Senate; referred to committees; engrossed; Senate concurrence achieved
  • March 19, 2025: Enrolled; sent to Governor
  • March 19–25, 2025: Governor signs; labeled “Signed by Governor” on March 25, 2025

Significance

HJR 316 serves as formal recognition from Tennessee’s legislature of MAG’s contributions to patient care, safety, and innovation, and it underscores the collaboration between private healthcare providers and charitable foundations in supporting community health initiatives.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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