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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 129
BY SENATOR BROWN
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To urge and request each parish office of homeland security and emergency preparedness
to establish and maintain a voluntary registry of at risk persons and persons with
special needs who will require assistance during times of evacuation, and to urge and
request parish councils on aging, regional offices of aging and adult services, and
regional offices of citizens with developmental disabilities to annually submit names
of such persons who have consented to being included in the registry to the parish
office of homeland security and emergency preparedness.
WHEREAS, parish councils on aging, regional offices of aging and adult services,
and regional offices of citizens with developmental difficulties currently work with at risk
persons and persons with special needs in their geographic areas; and
WHEREAS, during times of evacuation, at risk persons and persons with special
needs are perhaps the most vulnerable among Louisiana's population in terms of not being
able to evacuate without assistance; and
WHEREAS, the experiences in Louisiana with recent hurricanes Katrina, Rita,
Gustav, and Ike have made clear to Louisianians that those in the state who are at risk or
those with special needs necessitate assistance with evacuations, whether voluntary,
advisory, mandatory or forced.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request each parish office of homeland security and emergency preparedness to
establish and maintain a voluntary registry of at risk persons and persons with special needs
who will require assistance during times of evacuation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that each parish council on aging, regional office of
aging and adult services, and regional office of citizens with developmental disabilities is
hereby urged and requested to annually, on or before July first, submit names of such
persons who have consented to being included in the registry. SCR NO. 129 ENROLLED
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, subject to applicable federal law and regulations
and state law, the information in the registry shall be confidential and only be available to
governmental agencies to provide emergency preparedness services during times of
evacuation to at risk persons and persons with special needs.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no parish office of homeland security and
emergency preparedness or employee of such office shall be held civilly or criminally liable
for disclosure of any information in the registry to provide emergency preparedness services
during times of evacuation to at risk persons or persons with special needs.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness to be distributed to
each parish office of homeland security and emergency preparedness and to the Department
of Health and Hospitals to be distributed to all parish councils on aging, regional offices of
aging and adult services, and regional offices of citizens with developmental disabilities.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES