RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
HR 294 2019 Regular Session Jimmy Harris
Requests the La. Dept. of Health (LDH) to take immediate action to address racial disparity
in maternal and child health outcomes and the alarming rate of mortality for African
American infants and mothers in Louisiana and submit a summary report of immediate
actions on or before August 1, 2019.
Requests LDH to host a summit on or before October 1, 2019, and submit a summit
recommendation report of long-term actions to address mortality outcomes for African
American infants and mothers in Louisiana to the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana on or before December 31, 2019.