RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
SR 76 2020 Regular Session Barrow
Requests the La. Department of Health to collect data from reporting health care providers
or other persons regarding the age, race, and gender of Louisiana residents who are impacted
by the COVID-19 pandemic or any future public health emergency. Requires that the
department notify all Louisiana-licensed health care providers to submit demographic data
to include race, age, and gender to the department for all of their patients who are Louisiana
residents and test positive for COVID-19 in accordance with this Resolution. Urges health
care providers to be responsive to the department and submit the requested demographic data
including race, age, and gender to the department for all of their patients who are Louisiana
residents and test positive for COVID-19. Requires that, upon collecting a complete data set,
the department establish and maintain on its internet website a link to this data that is easily
accessible by the public.