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2016 First Extraordinary Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 6
BY REPRESENTATIVE SMITH
HEALTH SERVICES: Continues the study committee to evaluate the statewide system of
healthcare delivery created by HCR No. 170 of the 2015 Regular Session of the
Legislature
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To continue and provide with respect to the study committee to evaluate Louisiana's
3 statewide system of healthcare delivery created by House Concurrent Resolution No.
4 170 of the 2015 Regular Session of the Legislature.
5 WHEREAS, through House Concurrent Resolution No. 170 of the 2015 Regular
6Session, the legislature formed a special study committee to evaluate Louisiana's statewide
7system of healthcare delivery and to report findings concerning this system; and
8 WHEREAS, the study committee is composed of thirty-one members who,
9individually and collectively, possess significant expertise in major aspects of the state's
10healthcare system such as direct provision of health services, healthcare financing,
11development of the healthcare workforce, and public health advocacy; and
12 WHEREAS, since its inception, the study committee has held regular public
13meetings to examine the financial condition of the state's healthcare delivery system,
14evaluate issues related to healthcare access, assess overall health system capacity including
15the capacity of the state's healthcare workforce, identify innovations and best practices which
16may improve healthcare quality and health outcomes, and fulfill other purposes as provided
17in its authorizing resolution; and
18 WHEREAS, considering the rapid transformation of Louisiana's health system that
19has occurred since 2012 and the magnitude of health system reforms which the state is now
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1poised to implement, the efforts of this study committee are vitally important at present and
2will remain so in the near term; and
3 WHEREAS, for the foregoing reasons, continuation of this study committee's efforts
4is a priority of the legislature.
5 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
6continue the study committee to evaluate Louisiana's statewide system of healthcare delivery
7created by House Concurrent Resolution No. 170 of the 2015 Regular Session.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that legislative authority for the study committee
9shall continue through December 31, 2017.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the membership and purposes of the study
11committee shall continue as provided in House Concurrent Resolution No. 170 of the 2015
12Regular Session.
13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee is hereby authorized to receive
14and expend funds, through any member organization selected by the committee to act as a
15fiscal agent, as may be necessary to carry out its legislatively provided functions, including
16but not limited to funding provided by contract or other agreement with the Department of
17Health and Hospitals; funds appropriated by the legislature, including any appropriation of
18federal funds; and any public or private donations, gifts, or grants from governmental
19sources, individuals, corporations, nonprofit organizations, or other business entities.
20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
21chancellor of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans, the
22chancellor of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, the dean of
23the Southern University Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy, the secretary of the
24Department of Health and Hospitals, the commissioner of insurance, the chief executive
25officer of the Louisiana Association of Health Plans, the chief executive officer of the
26Louisiana State Medical Society, the president of the Louisiana Academy of Family
27Physicians, the executive director of the Louisiana Primary Care Association, the executive
28director of the Louisiana State Nurses Association, the president and chief executive officer
29of the Louisiana Hospital Association, the executive director of the Rural Hospital Coalition,
30Inc., the director of Navigators for a Healthy Louisiana, the president of the Louisiana
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1Center for Health Equity, the director of the Campaign for Healthcare for Everyone -
2Louisiana, the executive director of the Advocacy Center, the executive director of the
3Louisiana Nursing Home Association, the director of the Louisiana State University Public
4Policy Research Lab, the director of the Louisiana Budget Project, the dean of the Tulane
5University School of Medicine, the president of the Louisiana Association of Nurse
6Practitioners, the chairperson of Medicine Louisiana, the chairperson of the Louisiana
7Behavioral Health Advisory Council, and the executive director of the Louisiana Physical
8Therapy Association.
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)]
HCR 6 Original 2016 First Extraordinary Session Smith
Continues and provides with respect to the 31-member study committee to evaluate
Louisiana's statewide system of healthcare delivery created by HCR No. 170 of the 2015
R.S.
Specifies that the membership and purposes of the study committee shall continue as
provided in HCR No. 170 of the 2015 R.S.
Provides that legislative authority for the study committee shall continue through Dec. 31,
2017.
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