HLS 19RS-1463 ENGROSSED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 48
BY REPRESENTATIVE FOIL
HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Requests a study concerning the potential use of
monitoring devices in the rooms of residents of intermediate care facilities for people
with developmental disabilities
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to study the feasibility and
3 desirability of implementing a policy to allow the use of monitoring devices in the
4 rooms of residents of intermediate care facilities for people with developmental
5 disabilities, and to report findings of the study to the legislative committees on health
6 and welfare.
7 WHEREAS, intermediate care facilities for people with developmental disabilities,
8referred to hereafter as "ICF/DD", are facilities that provide services to individuals with
9developmental or intellectual disabilities who require twenty-four hours of care per day in
10community, group, or residential home settings; and
11 WHEREAS, ICF/DDs are licensed and regulated by the Louisiana Department of
12Health in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:2180 et seq.; and
13 WHEREAS, ensuring the health and safety of ICF/DD residents is a vitally important
14duty of this state; and
15 WHEREAS, Louisiana law, R.S. 40:1193.1 et seq., authorizes the use of monitoring
16devices, subject to certain conditions and requirements, in the rooms of residents of other
17types of institutional facilities in which vulnerable populations receive care; however, the
18use of such devices in the ICF/DDs of this state is not yet authorized in statute or rule.
19 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
20urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to study the feasibility and desirability
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1of implementing a policy to allow the use of monitoring devices in the rooms of residents
2of intermediate care facilities for people with developmental disabilities.
3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in developing the study called for in this
4Resolution, the department shall engage, collaborate with, and obtain information and
5perspective from stakeholder organizations including, without limitation, the governor's
6office of disability affairs and the Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department shall submit a written report of
8its findings resulting from the study requested in this Resolution to the House Committee
9on Health and Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare on or before March
1031, 2020.
11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
12secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, the executive director of the governor's
13office of disability affairs, and the executive director of the Louisiana Developmental
14Disabilities Council.
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)]
HCR 48 Engrossed 2019 Regular Session Foil
Requests the La. Department of Health to study the feasibility and desirability of
implementing a policy to allow the use of monitoring devices in the rooms of residents of
intermediate care facilities for people with developmental disabilities, and to report findings
of the study to the legislative committees on health and welfare on or before March 31, 2020.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to
the original bill:
1. Change the due date for the report requested by the Resolution from on or before
Dec. 31, 2019 to on or before March 31, 2020.
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