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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 507
BY REPRESENTATIVE HARRISON
HEALTH: Restructures the Health Education Authority of La.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3051, 3052(1) through (3), and 3053 and to repeal R.S.2
17:3052(4) through (9) and 3055(6) through (10), relative to the Health Education3
Authority of Louisiana; to provide relative to the purposes and functions of the4
authority; to provide for the membership of the authority and their selection; to5
provide for the powers of the authority; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 17:3051, 3052(1) through (3), and 3053 are hereby amended and8
reenacted as follows:9
§3051. Statement of purpose and function10
A. In order to promote the medical and health educational activities of11
various public and private institutions and organizations in the state of Louisiana and12
to promote health and welfare of its citizens through encouraging and assisting in the13
provision of medical care and prompt and efficient health and health related services14
at reasonable cost by public and private institutions and organizations in modern,15
well-equipped facilities, and to strive to achieve superlative standards of attainment16
in health care and education that will place Louisiana in the position of regional,17
national, and international leadership in those fields, it is hereby declared to be in the18
public interest that the Health Education Authority of Louisiana be created within the19
Department of Health and Hospitals.20 HLS 10RS-493 ORIGINAL
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B. The purposes and functions of the authority are:1
(1) To operate, in accordance with a master plan, a cooperative and2
coordinated multi-institutional complex that will serve to attract, encourage and3
assist public and private institutions and organizations that are dedicated to4
exemplary patient care, health science education and biomedical research, as well as5
organizations providing facilities and/or services deemed appropriate by the6
authority, to locate and/or operate in a functional geographic relationship with said7
complex. To create a cooperative and coordinated multi-institutional program that8
will serve to attract, encourage, and assist public and private institutions and9
organizations that are dedicated to exemplary patient care, health science education,10
and biomedical research, as well as organizations providing facilities and services11
considered appropriate by the authority. The location and operation shall be in a12
functional geographic relationship by a system of three designated regions of13
Louisiana as follows:14
(a) The northern region consisting of the Shreveport, Monroe, and15
Alexandria Health Service Planning Region, as designated by the Louisiana Regional16
Medical Program in 1969.17
(b) The central region consisting of the Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Lake18
Charles Health Service Planning Region, as designated by the Louisiana Regional19
Medical Program in 1969.20
(c) The southern region consisting of the New Orleans and Bayou-River21
Health Planning Region, as designated by the Louisiana Regional Medical Program22
in 1969. 23
(2) To aid in the development of health care and education programs by the24
primary and participating institutions and to assist in the coordination of planning25
and in implementing the attainment of the objectives of such institutions. To provide26
each region with a university medical center for decentralization and redistribution27
of health care services and health education facilities in terms of meaningful28
aggregates of people as follows:29 HLS 10RS-493 ORIGINAL
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(a) To charge the medical school located at the Louisiana State University1
Health Sciences Center-Shreveport with responsibility for the northern region. The2
dean of the medical school and university hospital administrator shall report to the3
chancellor of the Louisiana State University in Shreveport.4
(b) To charge the medical center to be developed at Louisiana State5
University in Baton Rouge with responsibility for the central region. The dean of the6
medical school and university hospital administrator shall report to the chancellor of7
Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. The Louisiana State University Board8
of Supervisors is hereby urged to:9
(i) Phase-out and relocate the medical school located at the Louisiana State10
University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans for assignment to the central region11
for the common good of Louisiana citizens and to end duplicate medical education12
facilities.13
(ii) Combine the basic medical science resources and faculties of the medical14
school located at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New15
Orleans and the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine in the16
central region to serve each for the common good and without duplication.17
(iii) Relocate the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New18
Orleans library from New Orleans to the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.19
(c) To provide to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as a participating20
educational institution of the central region the following programs:21
(i) An institute for the gifted and talented child.22
(ii) An institute for children's behavioral and psychological study.23
(d) To provide for a children's hospital and medical center at the current site24
of the University Medical Center at Lafayette. The physician services for the25
children's hospital shall be provided by the medical school operated by Louisiana26
State University to be located in Baton Rouge. Nursing and other allied health27
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(e) To charge the Tulane University Medical Center with responsibility for1
the southern region by providing plans and mechanisms wherein other greater New2
Orleans colleges and universities in the southern region can participate in the various3
health sciences programs.4
(f) To charge Tulane University with management, by contract, of the5
Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans, the Interim Public Hospital, and its6
replacement facility and to operate this facility as an urban community hospital with7
open medical staff privileges and also as a communicable and tropical diseases8
institute for the public domain.9
(g) To urge and direct the Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors10
to transfer the nursing school and allied health professions located at the Louisiana11
State University Health Science Center-New Orleans with all its properties to the12
University of New Orleans. All vacant buildings shall be transferred to the13
University of New Orleans.14
(h) To provide for the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center15
School of Dentistry and its facility.16
(i) To provide, by contract, with the Orleans Parish Medical Society and with17
Tulane University, for the use of their combined Medical-Health Sciences library,18
housed in the Tulane University Medical Center, as the Medical-Health Sciences19
library for all southern region institutions.20
(3) To acquire or assist in the acquisition of land and the planning,21
acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement and22
development of facilities in the complex and primary service area for the use of the23
primary and participating institutions, and the development, acquisition,24
construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement and operation of jointly25
usable facilities for such institutions, and To provide that plans and mechanisms in26
all public and private colleges and universities, and other educational institutions27
located in a designated region, shall participate in various allied health educational28
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(4) To assist in or provide for the financing of any of the above and1
foregoing activities or facilities in the manner hereinafter authorized.2
§3052. Definitions Functions3
The following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context4
clearly indicates otherwise: The Health Education Authority of Louisiana shall have5
the following functions:6
(1) "Act" shall mean Act 112 of the Regular Session of the Legislature of7
Louisiana for the year 1968, as amended, which Act as so amended now appears as8
La.R.S. 17:3051 to La.R.S. 17:3060, inclusive, and all future acts supplemental9
thereto or amendatory thereof. Aiding in the development of health care and10
education programs by participating institutions and assisting in the coordination of11
planning and implementing the attainment of the objectives of these institutions.12
(2) "Authority" shall mean the Health Education Authority of Louisiana, and13
when used in connection with action authorized to be taken by the authority, shall14
mean the authority acting by and through its board of trustees. Acquiring land or15
assisting in the acquisition of land, and the planning, acquisition, construction,16
reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, and development of facilities in a given17
region.18
(3) "Board" shall mean the board of trustees of the Health Education19
Authority of Louisiana. Assisting in or providing for the financing of any of the20
activities or facilities specified in this Section in the manner hereinafter authorized.21
§3053. Health Education Authority of Louisiana; creation; domicile; membership;22
terms; vacancies; quorum; staff23
A. There is hereby created in the office of management and finance of the24
Department of Health and Hospitals the Health Education Authority of Louisiana,25
which is hereby declared to be a body corporate and public, constituting an26
instrumentality of the state of Louisiana and exercising public and essential27
governmental functions. The domicile of the authority shall be in the city of New28
Orleans Baton Rouge.29 HLS 10RS-493 ORIGINAL
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B. The power to establish policy to carry out the intent of this Chapter shall1
be vested in a board of trustees which shall consist of the governor as ex-officio2
trustee and thirteen persons selected as follows:3
(1) Two members shall be appointed by the governor from a list of six names4
submitted by the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and5
Agricultural and Mechanical College. One member shall be appointed by the6
governor from the state at large.7
(2) Two members shall be appointed by the governor from a list of six names8
submitted by the Board of Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, Tulane9
University of Louisiana. Four members appointed by the governor from the northern10
region, including one physician each from Shreveport, Monroe, and Alexandria.11
(3) Two members shall be appointed by the governor from a list of six names12
submitted by the Board of Administrators of Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New13
Orleans. Four members appointed by the governor from the central region, including14
one physician each from Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Lake Charles.15
(4) Two members shall be appointed by the governor from a list of six names16
submitted by the Executive Board of the Louisiana State Medical Society. Four17
members appointed by the governor from the southern region, including one18
physician from New Orleans and two from the Bayou-River Health Planning Region,19
as designated by the Louisiana Regional Medical Program in 1969.20
(5) One member shall be appointed by the governor from a list of six names21
submitted by the statewide dental associations.22
(6) One member shall be appointed by the mayor of the city of New Orleans23
with the advice and consent of the Commission Council from a list of five names,24
one each submitted by the Board of Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund,25
Tulane University of Louisiana; the Board of Administrators of Charity Hospital of26
Louisiana at New Orleans; the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University27
and Agricultural and Mechanical College; local dental association memberships28
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(7) Three members shall be appointed by the governor from the state at1
large.2
C. No person appointed directly by the governor or mayor or nominated by3
any of the nominating groups or individuals shall be associated in any staff or4
advisory capacity for which he receives payment for services from Louisiana State5
University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Board of Supervisors and its6
institutions, colleges, and universities, Tulane University of Louisiana, or Charity7
Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans,8
any statewide dental association, or the Louisiana State Medical Society. 9
D. Each appointment by the governor shall be submitted to the Senate for10
confirmation.11
E. Members of the board who are appointed by the governor shall serve at12
the pleasure of the governor. The member appointed by the mayor of New Orleans13
shall serve a term of six years.14
F. A vacancy occurring on the board for any reason shall be filled in the15
same manner as the original appointment.16
G. The board shall employ a professionally qualified executive director to17
carry out the policies established by the board. The secretary of the Department of18
Health and Hospitals shall employ such staff as is necessary to carry out the policies19
and directives of the board and to operate and administer the functions of the20
authority. The compensation of the executive director shall be determined by the21
board and he shall be in the unclassified service of the state.22
Section 2. R.S. 17:3052(4) through (9) and 3055(6) through (10) are hereby repealed23
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Harrison HB No. 507
Abstract: Restructures and provides with respect to the powers of the Health Education
Authority of La.
Present law provides that the purposes and functions of the Health Education Authority of
La. (HEAL) are:
(1)To operate, in accordance with a master plan, a multi-institution complex of health
care facilities.
(2)To aid in the development of health care and education programs.
(3)To acquire or assist in the acquisition of jointly usable facilities.
(4)To assist or provide financing.
Proposed law provides that HEAL's purposes are:
(1)To create a multi-institutional health care complex by providing for facilities in three
regions.
(2)To provide each region with a university medical center for decentralization of health
care services by charging various existing medical institutions with providing
services in three regions: northern, central, and southern; granting certain programs
to certain institutions; urging that medical facilities be relocated; and providing for
plans for universities and colleges to participate in allied health services education
programs.
Proposed law provides that HEAL's functions are to aid in the development of health care
and education programs; to acquire or assist in the acquisition of land; to assist in financing.
Present law provides for a 13-member board to serve for staggered terms, with nine of the
members being appointed by the governor from lists submitted by various medical
institutions or societies, three members being appointed by the governor at large, and one
member being appointed by the mayor of New Orleans.
Proposed law provides that 13 members be appointed by the governor, four from each of the
three regions as provided for in proposed law, and one from the state at large, all to serve
at the pleasure of the governor.
Proposed law changes the domicile of the authority from New Orleans to Baton Rouge.
Proposed law repeals the authority of HEAL to acquire immovable property, to manage real
property, to borrow money, to formulate a master plan, or to construct or manage hospitals.
(Amends R.S. 17:3051, 3052(1)-(3), and 3053; Repeals R.S. 17:3052(4)-(9) and 3055(6)-
(10))