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2020 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 74
BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHEXNAYDER AND GAROF ALO
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the state of Louisiana through the Louisiana Department of Health, or
any other state agency as may be deemed appropriate, to provide funding from the
CARES Act, P.L.116-136, or any additional federal funding to Louisiana private
healthcare systems for COVID-19 testing and to report the proposed distribution to
the legislature by June 1, 2020.
WHEREAS, the United States Congress and the president of the United States are
providing support to healthcare providers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic through
CARES Act funding and the various programs the act created; and
WHEREAS, such funding will be used to support healthcare-related expenses or lost
revenue in healthcare systems attributable to COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, recognizing the particular impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had
on healthcare systems in Louisiana, the legislature is extremely concerned about the
economic harm resulting from this impact; and
WHEREAS, increased access to COVID-19 testing and COVID-19 antibody testing
is vital to protect the public health and safety of the Louisiana people; and
WHEREAS, funding provided through the CARES Act is intended to help health
systems across America continue to battle COVID-19 and expand capacity for the vital
functions of testing and containment.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the state of Louisiana through the Louisiana Department of Health, or any
other state agency as may be deemed appropriate, to use funding provided to Louisiana by
the CARES Act, P.L. 116-136, including but not limited to a portion of the approximately
one billion eight hundred million dollars received through the Coronavirus Relief Fund, or
any additional federal funding to support Louisiana's private sector healthcare systems as
they seek to establish a robust COVID-19 testing infrastructure.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that on or before June 1, 2020, the Louisiana
Department of Health shall report the proposed distribution of funding called for in this
Resolution to the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Finance,
the House Committee on Health and Welfare, the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare,
and the David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
governor and the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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