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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 69
BY REPRESENTATIVE TEMPLET
A RESOLUTION
To authorize and direct the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and make
recommendations for the revision of laws regarding criminal history background
checks for individuals who provide personal care or other health-related services to
adults.
WHEREAS, Louisiana has many provisions of law to protect the most vulnerable
members of our society; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Legislature has enacted laws to increase criminal
penalties for crimes committed against children, the elderly, and adults with a physical or
intellectual disability; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana law provides for criminal history background information to
be collected on individuals who have direct access or control over children; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana law requires criminal history background checks to be
performed on licensed or unlicensed individuals who provide personal care or other health-
related services to an adult person, whether the service is provided in the adult person's
residence or in the residence of the adult person's family member, and to residents in a
nursing facility, intermediate care facility, or an adult residential care facility; and
WHEREAS, the law regarding criminal history background checks should be
uniform and consolidated to provide a uniform and simple procedure for all individuals who
wish to provide personal care or other health-related services, either for compensation or as
a volunteer, and for their employers.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby direct the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and
make recommendations for the revision of laws regarding criminal history background
checks for individuals who provide personal care or other health-related services to adults. ENROLLEDHR NO. 69
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana State Law Institute work in
conjunction with and request information from the Louisiana Department of Health and
Hospitals, the Louisiana Assisted Living Association, the Louisiana Nursing Home
Association, the Gulf State Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, the Homecare
Association of Louisiana, the Louisiana District Attorneys Association, the Louisiana Public
Defender Board, the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association, the Louisiana State Police, the
Louisiana Commission of Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice, and
any other agencies or associations deemed appropriate by the committee regarding this
study.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the director of the Louisiana State Law Institute and that the Louisiana State Law Institute
report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature of Louisiana on or before January
1, 2013.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES