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2019 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 48
BY REPRESENTATIVE FOIL AND SENATORS THOMPSON AND W ALSWORTH
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Louisiana 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.
WHEREAS, intermediate care facilities for people with developmental disabilities,
referred to hereafter as "ICF/DD", are facilities that provide services to individuals with
developmental or intellectual disabilities who require twenty-four hours of care per day in
community, group, or residential home settings; and
WHEREAS, ICF/DDs are licensed and regulated by the Louisiana Department of
Health in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:2180 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, ensuring the health and safety of ICF/DD residents is a vitally important
duty of this state; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana law, R.S. 40:1193.1 et seq., authorizes the use of monitoring
devices, subject to certain conditions and requirements, in the rooms of residents of other
types of institutional facilities in which vulnerable populations receive care; however, the
use of such devices in the ICF/DDs of this state is not yet authorized in statute or rule.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Louisiana 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.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in developing the study called for in this
Resolution, the department shall engage, collaborate with, and obtain information and
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perspective from stakeholder organizations including, without limitation, the governor's
office of disability affairs and the Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department shall submit a written report of
its findings resulting from the study requested in this Resolution to the House Committee
on Health and Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare on or before March
31, 2020.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, the executive director of the governor's
office of disability affairs, and the executive director of the Louisiana Developmental
Disabilities Council.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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