The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Julie J. Baxter.
DIGEST
Broome SR No. 162
Requests the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals and the division of administration to
report to the Senate and House committees on health and welfare why the operation of the
Mental Health Emergency Room Extension (MHERE) previously in operation from 2010
through 2013 at the Earl K. Long Medical Center was not continued upon privatization of that
hospital, and how such services will be resumed in the community of Baton Rouge.