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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 25
BY SENATOR GALLOT
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To urge and request the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural
and Mechanical College and the governor to keep the Huey P. Long Medical Center
open and viable.
WHEREAS, the Huey P. Long Medical Center in Pineville serves a clear and
important mission in the delivery of health care to the citizens of central Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the Huey P. Long Medical Center is one of the largest employers in
Rapides Parish; and
WHEREAS, the Huey P. Long Medical Center provides primary, clinic, and
emergency health care to patients of low to moderate income as well as those restricted to
physicians and facilities who accept Medicare and Medicaid assignments; and
WHEREAS, the Huey P. Long Medical Center provides health care not only to the
residents of Rapides Parish but also to residents of at least eight other parishes in central
Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the Huey P. Long Medical Center has a long and outstanding record of
having one of the best medical training facilities in all of Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural
and Mechanical College and the governor to keep the Huey P. Long Medical Center open
and viable.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
and the governor.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES