HLS 172ES-70 ORIGINAL
2017 Second Extraordinary Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 6
BY REPRESENTATIVES BAGLEY, CARMODY, HORTON, MCFARLAND, JIM
MORRIS, REYNOLDS, AND SEABAUGH
LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR: Requests the legislative auditor to examine the current
financial condition of the public-private partnerships for operation of the north
Louisiana safety net hospitals
1 A RESOLUTION
2To authorize and request the legislative auditor to examine and report on the current
3 financial condition of the public-private partnership between the Biomedical
4 Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana and the Louisiana State University
5 Health Sciences Center at Shreveport.
6 WHEREAS, the state of Louisiana has historically provided health care to its
7indigent and uninsured citizens through state owned and operated hospitals; and
8 WHEREAS, the operations of the north Louisiana hospitals for which the Louisiana
9State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport is responsible pursuant to R.S.
1017:1519.2(B) were privatized beginning in 2012, and are now provided for in cooperative
11endeavor agreements between the state and a private partner; and
12 WHEREAS, given the important nature of the mission and purpose of the public
13hospitals, including but not limited to the provision of access to high quality medical care
14for the most vulnerable patients including the medically indigent and uninsured, the
15development of medical and clinical workforce throughout the state in the various accredited
16residency and other health education programs, and the cooperative nature in which these
17hospitals work collaboratively with other healthcare providers and agencies to improve the
18health outcomes of the citizens of the state, it is the right and the responsibility of the
19legislature to ensure that these hospitals are operating efficiently and effectively in the best
20interests of the citizens of the state.
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HR NO. 6
1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
2Legislature of Louisiana does hereby authorize and request the legislative auditor to examine
3and report on the current financial condition of the public-private partnership between the
4Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana and the Louisiana State University
5Health Sciences Center at Shreveport.
6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in conducting the examination requested by this
7Resolution, the legislative auditor shall review the status of the accounts receivable for the
8Louisiana State University System relative to the amounts due from the private partner
9pursuant to the public-private partnership cooperative endeavor agreement, and any other
10aspect as the auditor deems necessary.
11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
12to the legislative auditor.
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 6 Original 2017 Second Extraordinary Session Bagley
Requests the legislative auditor to examine and report on the current financial condition of
the public-private partnership between the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest
La. and the La. State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport.
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