HLS 16RS-2082 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 45
BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Commends the Community Provider Association for
serving citizens with disabilities and recognizes the week of April 4, 2016, as
Community Provider Association week at the state capitol
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend the Community Provider Association for serving citizens with disabilities and
3 to recognize the week of April 4, 2016, as Community Provider Association week
4 at the state capitol.
5 WHEREAS, services to individuals with disabilities are referred to generally as
6"long-term supports and services"; and
7 WHEREAS, long-term supports and services include assistance with activities of
8daily living such as getting dressed, taking medication, preparing meals, and managing
9money; and
10 WHEREAS, long-term supports and services are critical for individuals with
11disabilities to reach their highest potential in terms of health, education, employment, and
12overall quality of life; and
13 WHEREAS, community providers are agencies that provide a spectrum of long-term
14supports and services to individuals with disabilities; and
15 WHEREAS, these supports and services include, without limitation, the following:
16 (1) Case management and support coordination.
17 (2) In-home supports and services.
18 (3) Residential and facility-based supports.
19 (4) Day habilitation and community access training.
20 (5) Extended follow-along and support in the competitive job market; and
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1 WHEREAS, community providers serve individuals of all ages including newborns
2receiving early intervention services, school-age children, transition-age youth, working
3adults, and those who are aging; and
4 WHEREAS, the Community Provider Association was created in 2014 through the
5merging of three other associations, and is now the largest organization of its kind in
6Louisiana; and
7 WHEREAS, collectively, the members of the Community Provider Association serve
8over twelve thousand individuals with disabilities in this state and employ over ten thousand
9Louisiana workers; and
10 WHEREAS, the Community Provider Association promotes optimal funding,
11program integrity, and public policy enabling its members to deliver quality services to
12people with disabilities in all community-based service models; and
13 WHEREAS, the Community Provider Association encourages the professional
14growth of community providers and promotes the highest standards of quality and ethics;
15and
16 WHEREAS, the Community Provider Association provides current and relevant
17information to its member agencies, and also serves as a vehicle and a forum for the unified
18expression of opinions and positions by providers upon matters or events of concern to the
19provider community overall; and
20 WHEREAS, with an increase in the number of children being diagnosed with autism
21and an increasing aging population, disability services providers will play an increasingly
22significant role in improving the health, education, recreation, and employment opportunities
23for Louisiana citizens in the future.
24 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
25Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Community Provider Association and
26its member organizations for serving citizens with disabilities in our state.
27 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature
28of Louisiana does hereby recognize the week of April 4, 2016, as Community Provider
29Association week at the state capitol.
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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
2to the executive director of the Community Provider 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)]
HR 45 Original 2016 Regular Session Hoffmann
Commends the Community Provider Association and its member organizations for serving
citizens with disabilities in La., and recognizes the week of April 4, 2016, as Community
Provider Association week at the state capitol.
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