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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 649
BY SENATOR MILLS
HEALTH CARE. Provides for the Louisiana State Health Care Profession Institute.
(8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To enact Chapter 21 of Title 24 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised2
of R.S. 24:1001 through 1005, relative to the Louisiana State Health Care Profession3
Institute; to provide for its creation and membership; to provide for its duties,4
functions, and responsibilities; to provide for compensation; to provide relative to5
reporting; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. Chapter 21 of Title 24 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,8
comprised of R.S. 24:1001 through 1005, is hereby enacted to read as follows:9
CHAPTER 21. LOUISIANA STATE HEALTH CARE PROFESSION INSTITUTE10
§1001. Creation11
The Louisiana State Health Care Profession Institute is created and12
organized as an official research agency of the Legislature of Louisiana.13
§1002. Council; membership14
The governing body of the Louisiana State Health Care Profession15
Institute shall be a council composed of the following members:16
(1) The secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals or his17 SB NO. 649
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designee.1
(2) The president of the Louisiana Senate or his designee.2
(3) The speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives or his3
designee.4
(4) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare or his5
designee.6
(5) The chairman of the House Committee on Health and Welfare or his7
designee.8
(6) The executive director of the Louisiana State Board of Medical9
Examiners or his designee.10
(7) The executive director of the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry or11
his designee.12
(8) The executive director of the Louisiana State Board of Nursing or his13
designee.14
(9) The executive director of the Louisiana State Board of Practical15
Nurse Examiners or his designee.16
(10) The executive director of the Louisiana State Board of Optometry17
Examiners or his designee.18
(11) The executive director of the Louisiana Licensed Professional19
Counselors Board of Examiners or his designee.20
(12) The chairman of the Marriage and Family Therapy Advisory21
Committee or his designee.22
(13) The executive director of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy or his23
designee.24
(14) The chairman of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners'25
Physician Assistants Advisory Committee or his designee.26
(15) The chairman of the Clinical Laboratory Personnel Committee or27
his designee.28
(16) The chairman of the Medical Psychology Advisory Committee or his29 SB NO. 649
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designee.1
(17) The executive director of State Board of Examiners of Psychologists2
or his designee.3
(18) The executive director of the Louisiana Physical Therapy Board or4
his designee.5
(19) The executive director of the Louisiana Board of Examiners for6
Speech-language Pathology and Audiology or his designee.7
(20) The executive director of the Louisiana State Board of Social Work8
Examiners or his designee.9
(21) The executive director of the Louisiana Board of Chiropractic10
Examiners or his designee.11
(22) The chairman of the Advisory Committee on Polysomnography or12
his designee.13
(23) The executive director of the Louisiana State Board of Examiners14
in Dietetics and Nutrition or his designee.15
(24) The chairman of the Respiratory Care Advisory Committee or his16
designee.17
(25) The executive director from the Louisiana Licensed Professional18
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors Board of Examiners or his designee.19
(26) The executive director from the Louisiana Board of Massage20
Therapy or his designee.21
(27) The chairman of the Louisiana Behavior Analyst Board or his22
designee.23
§1003. Plans of membership; compensation of members of council24
The council of the Louisiana State Health Care Profession Institute is25
empowered to adopt a plan or plans of membership so designed as to encourage26
and invite the cooperation of all members of the health care profession in the27
work of the institute. The members of the council shall serve without any28
compensation for services as such. However, the council may fix and pay29 SB NO. 649
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reasonable compensation to the director of the institute, and honoraria to1
members of the council who perform professional service for the institute,2
authorized by the council or the institute. Such employment or payment shall3
not be deemed a violation of any criminal law punishing the holding of more4
than one public office or employment in Louisiana.5
§1004. General purpose; duties6
A. The general purpose for which the Louisiana State Health Care7
Profession Institute is formed is to carry on research regarding health care8
professions. To that end it shall be the duty of the Louisiana State Health Care9
Profession Institute:10
(1) To consider needed improvements with the professions providing11
health care services and to make recommendations concerning the same to the12
legislature.13
(2) To examine and study the scope of practices of health care14
professionals and recommend needed reforms.15
(3) To receive and consider suggestions from the legislature and the16
public generally as to issues regarding health care professions and the services17
such professions provide.18
(4) To recommend from time to time such changes in the law as it deems19
necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable scope of health20
care profession issues, and provide assistance to the legislature to bring the laws21
and regulations of the state into harmony with modern health care conditions.22
(5) To render annual reports to the legislature, and if it deems advisable,23
to accompany its reports with proposed bills to carry out any of its24
recommendations.25
(6) To organize and conduct an annual meeting in the state for26
discussions of current problems with the professions of health care, bringing27
together representatives of the legislature, practicing health care processionals,28
and representatives of the health care teaching profession.29 SB NO. 649
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(7) To select a director.1
B. Legislation submitted on recommendation of the Louisiana State2
Health Care Profession Institute shall have affixed to it a digest of the3
legislation. The digest shall be prepared by the Louisiana State Health Care4
Profession Institute. The form and contents of the digest shall be as prescribed5
by the rules or practice of the legislature for digests of legislative instruments,6
but shall include a summary of each minority report authored by a member of7
the law institute. The digest shall not constitute a part of the legislation.8
C. Any member of the Louisiana State Health Care Profession Institute9
may author a minority report regarding any legislation submitted on10
recommendation of the Louisiana State Health Care Profession Institute. The11
minority report shall include comments which accurately reflect a dissenting12
position or adverse position expressed by such member. Any other member may13
join and sign such minority report; however, no member may sign more than14
one minority report. The author of the minority report shall submit a copy of15
such report to each member of each standing committee of each house of the16
legislature to which such recommended legislation has been or is expected to be17
referred. All costs associated with furnishing such copies shall be paid by the18
Louisiana State Health Care Profession Institute. Additionally, any member19
signing a minority report may present such report at any legislative hearing20
held on such recommended legislation.21
§1005. Reports; advisory capacity; printing and distribution of reports22
The Louisiana State Health Care Profession Institute, in submitting23
reports to the legislature shall act solely in an advisory capacity. Its reports,24
studies, and recommended publications shall be printed and shall be distributed25
through the secretary of state in the same manner as acts of the legislature.26 SB NO. 649
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christopher D. Adams.
DIGEST
Mills (SB 649)
Proposed law provides for the creation of the Louisiana State Health Care Profession
Institute.
Proposed law provides for a 27 member council to exist within the Louisiana State Health
Care Profession Institute.
Proposed law provides for the general purpose for which the Louisiana State Health Care
Profession Institute is formed is to carry on research regarding health care professions.
Proposed law provides for the following duties of the Louisiana State Health Care Profession
Institute:
(1) To consider needed improvements with the professions providing health care
services and to make recommendations concerning the same to the legislature.
(2) To examine and study the scope of practices of health care professionals and of
recommending needed reforms.
(3) To receive and consider suggestions from the legislature and the public generally as
to issues regarding health care professions and the services such professions provide.
(4) To recommend from time to time such changes in the law as it deems necessary to
modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable scope of health care profession
issues, and to bring the laws and regulations of the state, into harmony with modern
conditions.
(5) To render annual reports to the legislature, and if it deems advisable to accompany
its reports with proposed bills to carry out any of its recommendations.
(6) To organize and conduct an annual meeting within the state for discussions of
current problems with the professions of health care, bringing together
representatives of the legislature, practicing health care professionals, and
representatives of the health care teaching profession.
(7)To select a director.
Proposed law provides the members of the council shall serve without any compensation for
services as such. Furthermore, the council may fix and pay reasonable compensation to the
director of the institute, and honoraria to members of the council who perform professional
service for the institute, authorized by the council or the institute. Such employment or
payment shall not be deemed a violation of any criminal law punishing the holding of more
than one public office or employment in Louisiana.
Proposed law provides legislation submitted on recommendation of the Louisiana State
Health Care Profession Institute shall have affixed to it a digest of the legislation. Proposed
law provides the digest shall be prepared by the Louisiana State Health Care Profession
Institute.
Proposed law provides relative to a minority report.
Proposed law provides the Louisiana State Health Care Profession Institute, in submitting SB NO. 649
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reports to the legislature shall act solely in an advisory capacity. Its reports, studies, and
recommended publications shall be printed and shall be distributed through the secretary of
state in the same manner as acts of the legislature.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 24:1001-1005)