DIGEST
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP ORT DIGEST
HB 260 2015 Regular Session Alfred Williams
Keyword and oneliner of the instrument as it left the House
HEALTH/SICKLE CELL ANEM: Establishes the Sickle Cell Patient Navigator Program
Report adopts Senate amendments to:
1. Delete provisions stipulating that implementation of the program provided for in proposed
law shall be subject to appropriation of funds by the legislature therefor; and insert in lieu
thereof provisions stipulating that the program shall not be implemented or operational until
monies have been appropriated by the legislature sufficient to fully fund the provisions of
proposed law.
2. Add applying for grants and donations from any public or private source to implement the
provisions of present law and proposed law as an enumerated function of the La. Sickle Cell
Commission.
Report amends the bill to:
1. Make technical corrections.
Digest of the bill as proposed by the Conference Committee
Proposed law establishes the Sickle Cell Patient Navigator Program, referred to hereafter as "the
program". Provides that the functions of the program shall include, without limitation, all of the
following:
(1)Training of patient navigators to serve as outreach coordinators, coordinators of family
educational sessions, and patient case managers.
(2)Establishing and strengthening a continuum of care for each sickle cell patient served by the
program and for the families of those patients.
(3)Identifying and contacting sickle cell patients, conducting home visits with patients and their family members, and coordinating patient care.
(4)Facilitating collaboration among healthcare providers that serve sickle cell patients.
(5)Delivering public health education on sickle cell disease and treatment.
Proposed law provides that the Dept. of Health and Hospitals shall administer the program under the
direction of the La. Sickle Cell Commission. Provides that the program shall not be implemented
or operational until monies have been appropriated by the legislature sufficient to fully fund the
provisions of proposed law.
Present law provides for the functions of the La. Sickle Cell Commission. Proposed law retains
present law and adds thereto the following functions:
(1)Direction of the Sickle Cell Patient Navigator Program established by proposed law.
(2)Applying for grants and donations from any public or private source to implement the
provisions of present law and proposed law.
(Adds R.S. 40:1299.4.3 and 2018.3(D)(5) and (6))