Louisiana 2019 2019 Regular Session

Louisiana Senate Bill SB54 Comm Sub / Analysis

                    RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 336 (SB 54) 2019 Regular Session	Mills
Prior law created and provided for an 18-member Louisiana Health Works Commission
(hereafter, the "commission"). New law replaces the presiding officer of the Interagency
Task Force on the Future of Family Medicine or his designee with the president of the
University of Louisiana System or his designee as a commission member. 
New law adds the following persons as commission members:
(1)The president of the Southern University System or his designee.
(2)The chancellor of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New
Orleans or his designee.
(3)The president of the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians or his designee.
(4)The president of the Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners or his designee.
Prior law provided for a seven-member executive committee of the commission.  New law
replaces the presiding officer of the Interagency Task Force on the Future of Family
Medicine or his designee with the president of the University of Louisiana System or his
designee as a member of the executive committee of the commission.
New law adds the following persons as executive committee members:
(1)The president of the Southern University System or his designee for the commission.
(2)The chancellor of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New
Orleans or his designee for the commission.
(3)The president of the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians or his designee for the
commission.
(4)The president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System or his
designee for the commission.
(5)The president of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
or his designee for the commission.
Effective August 1, 2019.
(Amends R.S. 17:2048.51(C)(16) and (G)(3), adds R.S. 17:2048.51(C)(19)-(22) and (G)(8)-
(12))