HLS 19RS-2462 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 73
BY REPRESENTATIVE ARMES
HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS: Requests a study concerning the benefits and costs of
online delivery of certain training required for medication attendants
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to study the benefits and costs
3 associated with online delivery of certain training required for medication attendants
4 and to report findings of the study to the legislative committees on health and
5 welfare.
6 WHEREAS, current state law, R.S. 37:1022, authorizes nonlicensed personnel who
7have successfully completed and passed a required drug administration course to administer
8oral medication, ointments, and suppositories to the following persons:
9 (1) Residents of facilities operated by the office for citizens with developmental
10disabilities of the Louisiana Department of Health.
11 (2) Residents of certain community homes for persons with developmental
12disabilities.
13 (3) Persons receiving certain in-home Medicaid-funded services; and
14 WHEREAS, persons who have successfully completed the required drug
15administration course and passed a qualifying examination become state-certified as
16medication attendants; and
17 WHEREAS, state law presently does not specify means by which training for
18medication attendants may be delivered, and all such training is currently delivered in a live,
19in-person format; and
20 WHEREAS, evidence suggests that medication attendant education and training can
21be delivered with a high degree of effectiveness in web-based formats; and
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1 WHEREAS, notable examples of state-approved online education for health
2professionals include web-based curricula for baccalaureate and associate degrees in nursing.
3 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
4urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to study the benefits and costs
5associated with online delivery of certain training required for medication attendants.
6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the only types of courses for medication
7attendants that the study requested in this Resolution shall consider for potential online
8delivery shall be those designated as classroom theory and re-certification courses.
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in conducting the study called for in this
10Resolution, the department shall engage and obtain information and recommendations from
11at least two certified medication attendants and at least two providers of medication
12attendant training.
13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department shall issue a written report of
14findings from the study called for in this Resolution to the House Committee on Health and
15Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare no later than sixty days prior to
16the convening of the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
18secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.
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 73 Original 2019 Regular Session Armes
Urges and requests the La. Department of Health to study the benefits and costs associated
with online delivery of certain training required for medication attendants. Requests the
department 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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