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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING DR. TIMOTHY J. BABINEAU ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT AS

PRESIDENT AND CEO OF LIFESPAN

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Abney, Kennedy, Shallcross
Smith, McGaw, Cortvriend, Fogarty, C Lima, and Donovan

     Date Introduced: May 18, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, In August of 2012, Dr. Timothy Babineau was named President and CEO of

Lifespan. He had previously served as President of Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Children’s

Hospital and The Miriam Hospital; and

     WHEREAS, Under Dr. Babineau’s sagacious leadership, Lifespan became the preferred

health care system in the State and the region, with the employee base growing by 16 percent and

the organization’s total assets increasing from $2.4 billion in 2012, to over $2.9 billion in 2022;

and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Babineau is credited with leading the expansion of ambulatory care

practices to strategic locations throughout the state in order to decompress the hospital campuses,

and with helping to build the state’s largest multispecialty physician practice, Lifespan Physician

Group, which has nearly 1,300 employees; and

     WHEREAS, A true visionary, Dr. Babineau transformed the way care is delivered in the

State, by leading the successful acquisition of Rhode Island’s premier primary care group Coastal

Medical. Under his direction, Lifespan redesigned the way care is delivered across the system and

at hospitals, clinics and community practices, to evolve from a hospital system to a health care

system that puts the patient at the center of the care journey; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Dr. Babineau was instrumental in creating strategic alliances

with Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) which have

created value for patients, Lifespan and their partner organizations. He also recruited numerous

world-class physicians to lead centers of excellence in myriad medical specialties and

subspecialties that ultimately resulted in elevating the caliber of care for all patients; and

     WHEREAS, During his tenure, Dr. Babineau focused on clinical excellence, academic

rigor, and visionary research, while also building a culture of philanthropy including the most

successful capital campaign in Lifespan’s history, the Every Child, Every Day campaign in

support of Hasbro Children’s Hospital which raised over $42 million; and

     WHEREAS, Over the past decade, and especially during the months of our State and

Country's most difficult times with the pandemic, Dr. Babineau has led Lifespan with integrity,

vision, and courage and thanks to his leadership, Lifespan has risen to new heights and has

become the pre-eminent health system for the health and well-being of the people of Rhode

Island; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

recognizes and thanks Doctor Timothy Babineau on the occasion of his retirement after ten years

of visionary leadership at Lifespan, and wishes him good health, fulfillment and continued

success in all his future endeavors; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Dr. Timothy Babineau.

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