2026 SESSION
INTRODUCED
26108043D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 393
Offered March 11, 2026
Commending Braden Health.
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Patron—Williams
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WHEREAS, on January 5, 2026, Braden Health officially reopened Stuart Community Hospital in Patrick County for emergency and inpatient care, ending eight years without hospital services in the locality; and
WHEREAS, Chief Executive Officer Beau R. Braden, D.O., founded Braden Health with a mission to revitalize rural hospitals and restore health care access to underserved communities that have been abandoned by the health care industry; and
WHEREAS, drawing upon his experience as an emergency department physician and his work consulting with nearly 180 rural hospitals, Beau Braden developed an innovative model at Braden Health for acquiring, renovating, and operating critical access hospitals in communities where others had failed; and