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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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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 developing the study and report called for in
5this Resolution, the department shall engage, consult with, and obtain information and
6perspective from stakeholder organizations including, without limitation, the Louisiana State
7Board of Medical Examiners, the Louisiana Hospital Association, the Louisiana State Board
8of Nursing, the Louisiana Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the Cardiovascular
9Institute of the South, and Vascular Access Centers, L.P.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the secretary shall submit a written report of
11findings resulting from the study requested in this Resolution to the House Committee on
12Health and Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare no later than thirty
13days prior to the convening of the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
15secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, the executive director of the Louisiana
16State Board of Medical Examiners, the executive director of the Louisiana State Board of
17Nursing, the president of the Louisiana Hospital Association, the executive director of the
18Louisiana Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the president of the Cardiovascular
19Institute of the South, and the chief executive officer of Vascular Access Centers, L.P.
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 Engrossed 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 30 days prior to the convening of the 2020
R.S.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to
the original bill:
1. Remove the following as organizations and persons with which the La.
Department of Health (LDH) shall collaborate in developing the study requested
in the Resolution:
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(a)The La. State Medical Society.
(b)Two or more advanced practice registered nurses, at least one of whom
is a cardiac nurse practitioner, recommended by the La. State Board of
Nursing.
2. Revise a directive in the Resolution to require that, in developing the requested
study, LDH engage the following organizations:
(a)The La. State Board of Medical Examiners.
(b)The La. Hospital Association.
(c)The La. State Board of Nursing.
(d)The La. Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.
(e)The Cardiovascular Institute of the South.
(f)The Vascular Access Centers, L.P.
3. Change the due date for the report requested by the Resolution from no later than
60 days prior to the convening of the 2020 R.S. to no later than 30 days prior to
the convening of the 2020 R.S.
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