2017 Regular Session APPROVED
SENATE STUDY REQUEST NO. 1
BY SENATOR COLOMB
A STUDY REQUEST
To request the Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs to study the feasibility of
renaming the LSU Health North Clinic and Urgent Care Facility in Baton Rouge to
the "Willie F. Hawkins Emergency Care Center".
WHEREAS, the LSU Health North Clinic and Urgent Care Facility is located in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the LSU Health North Clinic and Urgent Care Facility was constructed
with public funds; and
WHEREAS, the LSU Health North Clinic and Urgent Care Facility serves as a
medical engine, filling the void left behind by the former medical center known as Earl K.
Long Medical Center; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Willie Floyd Hawkins, a lifelong resident of Louisiana, began his
public service as executive director of the Eden Park Community Health Center and, later,
as the administrator of East Baton Rouge Parish Health Care Services; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Hawkins served as the confidential assistant to the CEO of the
Louisiana Health Care Authority, and under the Louisiana Health Care Authority, he served
as the assistant administrator of Earl K. Long Medical Center from April 1984 to November
1993, and as acting administrator from August 1995 to January 1996; and
WHEREAS, Willie Hawkins was named Executive Assistant to the Vice Chancellor
at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans-Health Care Services Division, and CEO of the
Medical Center of Louisiana in New Orleans in July 1999, until his retirement on July 5,
2013, having previously served as Executive Assistant to the Vice Chancellor at LSU Health
Sciences Center from July 1997 to July 1999; and
WHEREAS, an in-depth study of the feasibility of renaming the LSU Health North
Clinic and Urgent Care Facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to the "Willie F. Hawkins
Emergency Care Center" should be conducted.
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THEREFORE, the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana requests that the Senate
Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs to study all aspects of the feasibility of renaming
the LSU Health North Clinic and Urgent Care Facility to the "Willie F. Hawkins Emergency
Care Center".
A copy of this Study Request shall be transmitted to LSU Board of Supervisors.
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