Requests the LSU Board of Supervisors and the governor to keep the Huey P. Long Medical Center open and viable.
Expresses support for consolidation of inpatient and outpatient services at Huey P. Long Medical Center to create a sustainable and economically feasible model, and requests the governor, LSU and DHH, to take all actions necessary to streamline services and create a fiscally responsible, viable public medical center in central Louisiana.
Expresses support for consolidation of inpatient and outpatient services at Huey P. Long Medical Center to create a sustainable and economically feasible model, and requests the governor, LSU and DHH, to take all actions necessary to streamline services and create a fiscally responsible, viable public medical center in central Louisiana.
Provides with respect to the Huey P. Long Medical Center
Commends Pinecrest Supports and Services Center in Pineville, Louisiana, on the occasion of its one hundredth anniversary
Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to study possible methods which would increase the provision of graduate medical education in central Louisiana by designating certain hospitals which enter into public/private partnerships with Huey P. Long Medical Center as major teaching hospitals for purposes of Medicaid reimbursement.
Requests DHH to protect LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport hospitals from consequences of privatization which are detrimental to public health and finance, and to adequately compensate other hospitals of north and central La. for any increased burden of providing care to the poor and uninsured resulting from privatization of public hospitals
Creates a task force to study workplace violence and employee injuries at Pinecrest Supports and Services Center.
Requests the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to assess the viability of establishing public health research centers through public-private partnerships in medically underserved areas of the state
Deletes references to supports and services centers and employment service programs within the Department of Health and Hospitals that no longer exist. (gov sig)