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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 137
BY REPRESENTATIVE SIMON
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Recognizes Wednesday, May 14, 2014, as Louisiana
Orthopaedic Day at the state capitol
A RESOLUTION1
To commend the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association and to recognize Wednesday, May 14,2
2014, as Louisiana Orthopaedic Day at the state capitol.3
WHEREAS, the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana hereby4
commends the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association for providing vital medical care and5
services for the citizens of our state; and6
WHEREAS, the mission of the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association is to encourage,7
develop, and increase knowledge and awareness of orthopaedic surgery among the8
association's present and future members and to foster and assure the highest quality of9
musculoskeletal health care through all of the following means:10
(1) Education of orthopaedic surgeons, other health care practioners, and the public.11
(2) Promotion of research concerning orthopaedic medicine.12
(3) Effective communication with other health care professionals and the public; and13
WHEREAS, these and other functions of the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association14
serve to foster, develop, support, and augment charitable, scientific, and educational efforts;15
and16
WHEREAS, the association also monitors legislation, regulations, administrative17
rulings, and court decisions affecting the practice of orthopaedic surgery, and provides18
timely reports with respect thereto to the association's board of directors; and19
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association promotes high moral and ethical20
standards, along with fellowship and good will among its members; and21 HLS 14RS-4985 ORIGINAL
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WHEREAS, bone and joint health problems are among the most prevalent and1
debilitating health challenges that Americans face, both in human and economic terms; and2
WHEREAS, unencumbered access to orthopaedic care is vital to ensuring that our3
workers, communities, and economy remain healthy and strong; and4
WHEREAS, the indirect economic benefit for the annual number of approximately5
six hundred thousand patients who have a total knee replacement is roughly twelve billion6
dollars over those patients' lifetimes; and7
WHEREAS, approximately eighty-five percent of that economic benefit is associated8
with increased employment and earnings, with the remaining fifteen percent of the benefit9
associated with fewer missed work days and lower disability payments; and10
WHEREAS, for an average knee replacement, the total of all medical costs for11
surgery and rehabilitation is slightly greater than twenty thousand dollars, but these expenses12
are more than offset by indirect savings of over thirty-nine thousand dollars resulting from13
that procedure; and14
WHEREAS, the quality orthopaedic care that the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association15
promotes is of immense value to this state.16
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the17
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association for18
providing vital medical care and services and does hereby express sincere gratitude to19
Louisiana's orthopaedic surgeons for their contributions to the health and welfare of the20
citizens of our state.21
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature22
of Louisiana does hereby recognize Wednesday, May 14, 2014, as Louisiana Orthopaedic23
Day at the state capitol.24
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted25
to the president, the executive director, and the legislative chairman of the Louisiana26
Orthopaedic Association.27 HLS 14RS-4985 ORIGINAL
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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)]
Simon HR No. 137
Commends the La. Orthopaedic Association and recognizes May 14, 2014, as La.
Orthopaedic Day at the state capitol.