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2019 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 70
BY REPRESENTATIVE STAGNI AND SENATOR THOMPSON
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health to coordinate a
study concerning the feasibility and desirability of potential state licensure of
endovascular suites, and to report findings of the study to the legislative committees
on health and welfare.
WHEREAS, an endovascular suite is a room in which procedures to treat diseases
of the vascular system are performed; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana does not currently require state licensure of endovascular
suites either as stand-alone facilities or as a module of the ambulatory surgical center license
provided for in R.S. 40:2131 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Department of Health, through its health standards
section, protects public health and safety by licensing and regulating various types of
healthcare facilities pursuant to the authority provided in Chapter 11 of Title 40 of the
Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the legislature to call for a study and report
concerning potential licensure of endovascular suites in order to inform its consideration of
whether laws to provide for such licensure would serve the public interest.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health to coordinate a study
concerning the feasibility and desirability of potential state licensure of endovascular suites.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the secretary shall engage the department's
director of health standards, general counsel, and Medicaid director in the study requested
in this Resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in developing the study and report called for in
this Resolution, the department shall engage, consult with, and obtain information and
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perspective from stakeholder organizations including, without limitation, the Louisiana State
Board of Medical Examiners, the Louisiana Hospital Association, the Louisiana State Board
of Nursing, the Louisiana Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the Cardiovascular
Institute of the South, and Vascular Access Centers, L.P.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the secretary shall submit a written report of
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 no later than thirty
days prior to the convening of the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
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 Louisiana
State Board of Medical Examiners, the executive director of the Louisiana State Board of
Nursing, the president of the Louisiana Hospital Association, the executive director of the
Louisiana Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the president of the Cardiovascular
Institute of the South, and the chief executive officer of Vascular Access Centers, L.P.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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