HLS 19RS-2158 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 70
BY REPRESENTATIVE STAGNI
HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Requests a study and report concerning the potential
licensure of endovascular suites
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To urge and request the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health to coordinate a
3 study concerning the feasibility and desirability of potential state licensure of
4 endovascular suites, and to report findings of the study to the legislative committees
5 on health and welfare.
6 WHEREAS, an endovascular suite is a room in which procedures to treat diseases
7of the vascular system are performed; and
8 WHEREAS, Louisiana does not currently require state licensure of endovascular
9suites either as stand-alone facilities or as a module of the ambulatory surgical center license
10provided for in R.S. 40:2131 et seq.; and
11 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Department of Health, through its health standards
12section, protects public health and safety by licensing and regulating various types of
13healthcare facilities pursuant to the authority provided in Chapter 11 of Title 40 of the
14Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950; and
15 WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the legislature to call for a study and report
16concerning potential licensure of endovascular suites in order to inform its consideration of
17whether laws to provide for such licensure would serve the public interest.
18 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
19urge and request the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health to coordinate a study
20concerning the feasibility and desirability of potential state licensure of endovascular suites.
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HCR NO. 70
1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the secretary shall engage the department's
2director of health standards, general counsel, and Medicaid director in the study requested
3in this Resolution.
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in coordinating the study requested in this
5Resolution, the secretary shall collaborate with and obtain information and recommendations
6from the following groups and individuals:
7 (1) The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.
8 (2) The Louisiana State Medical Society.
9 (3) The Louisiana Hospital Association.
10 (4) The Louisiana Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.
11 (5) The Cardiovascular Institute of the South.
12 (6) Two or more advanced practice registered nurses, at least one of whom is a
13cardiac nurse practitioner, recommended by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the secretary shall submit a written report of
15findings resulting from the study requested in this Resolution to the House Committee on
16Health and Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare no later than sixty
17days prior to the convening of the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
19secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, the executive director of the Louisiana
20State Board of Medical Examiners, the executive director of the Louisiana State Board of
21Nursing, the chief executive officer of the Louisiana State Medical Society, the president of
22the Louisiana Hospital Association, the executive director of the Louisiana Ambulatory
23Surgery Center Association, and the president of the Cardiovascular Institute of the South.
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 70 Original 2019 Regular Session Stagni
Requests the secretary of the La. Department of Health to coordinate a study on potential
state licensure of endovascular suites, and to report findings of the study to the legislative
committees on health and welfare no later than 60 days prior to the convening of the 2020
R.S.
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