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