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HJR 262

Troy Regional Medical Center, commended

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Marcus Paramore

Commends Troy Regional Medical Center for being named to the 2025 Top 100 Rural and Community Hospitals list, highlighting its high performance and rural health leadership.

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Bill Summary · HJR 262

Summary: HJR 262 — Commending Troy Regional Medical Center

Overview and purpose

HJR 262 is a House Joint Resolution enacted by the Alabama Legislature to commend Troy Regional Medical Center for being named to the Chartis Center for Rural Health’s 2025 Top 100 Rural and Community Hospitals. The resolution recognizes the hospital’s performance as measured by Chartis’ Performance INDEX and highlights the hospital as the sole Alabama facility on the 2025 list. As a resolution, the measure expresses the Legislature’s endorsement and appreciation rather than creating or altering law or imposing fiscal obligations.

Key provisions

  • Acknowledges Troy Regional Medical Center’s inclusion in the Chartis Center for Rural Health’s 2025 Top 100 Rural and Community Hospitals.
  • Describes Chartis’ Performance INDEX methodology, which uses publicly available data to assess hospital performance across eight pillars in three domains: Market, Value, and Finance.
  • Notes that Troy Regional’s overall INDEX score is 73.9 (compared with Alabama’s median 23.7 and the U.S. median 34.2).
  • Highlights Troy Regional’s standout indicators:
    • Quality Score: 88
    • Cost: 99th percentile
    • Capital Efficiency: 71st percentile
  • Emphasizes that the top performers’ scores reflect deliberate, daily efforts to improve risk management, quality, outcomes, patient satisfaction, and cost efficiency.
  • States the Legislature’s belief that Troy Regional’s recognition serves as a benchmark for rural facilities and a blueprint for navigating contemporary health care challenges.

Affected parties

  • Primary: Troy Regional Medical Center.
  • Broader impact: Rural and community hospitals in Alabama and the broader public who benefit from enhanced recognition of quality and efficiency in rural health care.

Procedural history and timeline

  • Introduced: April 17, 2025 (HJR 262, by Representative Paramore, Rules).
  • House action: Passed through Rules; reported out of committee; House origin actions completed by April 24–17.
  • Senate action: Received in Senate and referred to Rules; Rules committee action and reporting completed around April 24–29.
  • Enactment steps:
    • Enrolled and Ready to Enroll: April 29, 2025.
    • Adopted by both houses and enrolled: April 29, 2025.
    • Delivered to Governor: April 29, 2025.
    • Enacted: May 6, 2025.

Enactment and status

  • Status: Enacted as a ceremonial resolution recognizing Troy Regional Medical Center’s achievement.
  • Effective date: Upon enactment (May 6, 2025) as a formal expression of statewide commendation.
  • No fiscal impact is indicated; the measure is symbolic recognition.

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

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