RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
HCR 205 2015 Regular Session Woodruff
Creates a task force to study and identify food deserts in the communities where people travel
an unreasonable distance to buy fresh produce and proteins as a result of grocery stores and
affordable fresh food disappearing from their communities, and provide the House and
Senate Committees on Health and Welfare and the Department of Health and Hospitals with
a report detailing where the food deserts are located and make recommendations to resolve
the food desert issue in those communities.
Provides that the committee shall submit a final report by June 30, 2016.
Provides that the task force will be staffed by the House Committee on Health and Welfare.
Provides that the task force be composed of the following members:
(1)Two representatives of the Department of Health and Hospitals, designated by the
secretary of the department.
(2)Two representatives of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, designated by
the executive director of the center.
(3)Two representatives of the La. State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
School of Public Health, designated by the chancellor of the university.
(4)Two representatives of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical
Medicine, designated by the chancellor of the university.
(5)Two representatives of the Southern University and A&M College Agricultural
Research and Extension Center, designated by the chancellor of the university.