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2018 Second Extraordinary Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 40
BY REPRESENTATIVES BOUIE, THOMAS, GLOVER, HOFFMANN, DUSTIN
MILLER, AND BILLIOT
HOSPITALS: Requests the La. Department of Health to report certain data on the state's
public-private partnership hospitals
1 A RESOLUTION
2To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to develop a report of certain data
3 on the state's public-private partnership hospitals, and to submit the report to the
4 legislature on a quarterly basis.
5 WHEREAS, the legislature strives to ensure that Louisiana's government is
6responsive to the needs of the people of this state and that the government of this state is
7accountable, efficient, and effective; and
8 WHEREAS, Louisiana's system of public safety net hospitals was rapidly
9transformed beginning in 2012 when the state commenced a large-scale privatization of
10these hospitals' operations; and
11 WHEREAS, all but one of the state's safety net hospitals are now operated by private
12partners, with the terms of the partnerships set forth in cooperative endeavor agreements
13between the state and the individual partners; and
14 WHEREAS, these hospitals are now referred to collectively as "public-private
15partnership hospitals"; and
16 WHEREAS, the public-private hospitals include all hospitals listed in R.S.
1717:1519.2(B) which are now operated by a private partner, including closed hospitals that
18have had their functions assumed by a private partner; and
19 WHEREAS, before, during, and after the privatization of the safety net hospital
20system, the objects and purposes of the system have included the following:
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1 (1) Providing access to high-quality medical care for all patients, including the
2medically indigent and uninsured.
3 (2) Developing the medical and clinical workforce of this state through accredited
4residency and other health education programs.
5 (3) Operating efficiently and cost-effectively.
6 (4) Working cooperatively with other healthcare providers and agencies to improve
7health outcomes; and
8 WHEREAS, reliable data reflecting operations and utilization rates of the public-
9private partnership hospitals are essential in formulating sound fiscal and public health
10policy in this state.
11 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
12Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health
13to develop and submit to the legislature a report comprising the following data on each
14public-private partnership hospital listed in R.S. 17:1519.2(B):
15 (1)(a) The average monthly number and percentage of occupied beds for the three
16months comprising the state fiscal year quarter preceding the date of the report, based on the
17total number of beds at the hospital.
18 (b) The average monthly number and percentage of occupied beds for the three
19months comprising the state fiscal year quarter preceding the date of the report, based on the
20total number of staffed beds at the hospital.
21 (2)(a) The average monthly number and percentage of attempted patient transfers
22from other hospitals that were accepted for the three months comprising the state fiscal year
23quarter preceding the date of the report.
24 (b) The average wait time for each accepted referral or transfer to the hospital.
25 (3) The average monthly number of patients.
26 (4)(a) The average monthly number of emergency department visits for emergency
27conditions.
28 (b) The average monthly number of emergency department visits for nonemergency
29conditions.
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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department shall submit to the legislature
2the first report of data called for in this Resolution on or before September 30, 2018, and that
3this report shall reflect data from the fourth quarter of state fiscal year 2017-2018.
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that after submission of the first report of data called
5for in this Resolution, the department shall submit to the legislature the report of data called
6for in this Resolution on a quarterly basis.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the reporting requirement established in this
8Resolution shall terminate on October 1, 2020.
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
10secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.
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 40 Original 2018 Second Extraordinary Session Bouie
Requests the La. Dept. of Health to develop and submit to the legislature a quarterly report
comprising the following data on each of the state's public-private partnership hospitals:
(1)The average monthly number and percentage of occupied beds for the three months
comprising the state fiscal year quarter preceding the date of the report, based on the
total number of beds at the hospital.
(2)The average monthly number and percentage of occupied beds for the three months
comprising the state fiscal year quarter preceding the date of the report, based on the
total number of staffed beds at the hospital.
(3)The average monthly number and percentage of attempted patient transfers from
other hospitals that were accepted for the three months comprising the state fiscal
year quarter preceding the date of the report.
(4)The average wait time for each accepted referral or transfer to the hospital.
(5)The average monthly number of patients.
(6)The average monthly number of emergency department visits for emergency
conditions.
(7)The average monthly number of emergency department visits for nonemergency
conditions.
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