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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 87
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT OWEN
HEALTH/DISEASE CONTROL: Creates the Louisiana Kidney Disease Prevention and
Education Task Force
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To create a task force to study and make recommendations for increasing awareness of
3 chronic kidney disease, to request the task force to work with policymakers, public
4 health entities, and educational institutions to create educational health programs to
5 promote awareness, and to submit a written report of its findings and
6 recommendations to the Legislature of Louisiana not later than thirty days prior to
7 the convening of the 2022 Regular Session.
8 WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
9when a person develops chronic kidney disease, his kidneys become damaged and over time
10the kidneys may not clean the blood as well as healthy kidneys; and
11 WHEREAS, according to the CDC, kidneys that do not work well can lead to toxic
12waste and extra fluid accumulating in the body and may lead to high blood pressure, heart
13disease, stroke, and early disease; and
14 WHEREAS, according to the CDC, an estimated fifteen percent of adults in the
15United States, which is equivalent to about thirty-seven million people, have chronic kidney
16disease; and
17 WHEREAS, according to the CDC, approximately ninety percent of adults with
18chronic kidney disease do not know they have the disease and approximately forty percent
19of adults with severe chronic kidney disease do not know they have the disease; and
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1 WHEREAS, by providing educational health programs on chronic kidney disease,
2people with or at risk for this disease can acquire the necessary information to combat
3chronic kidney disease; and
4 WHEREAS, by increasing awareness of chronic kidney disease through promoting
5kidney health and promoting early diagnosis and treatment and preventing and controlling
6risk factors for chronic kidney disease, people with or at risk for chronic kidney disease can
7take the necessary steps to protect their kidneys.
8 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
9establish the Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force to study and make
10recommendations for increasing awareness of chronic kidney disease, to work with
11policymakers, public health entities, and educational institutions to create educational health
12programs to promote awareness.
13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the membership of the task force shall be as
14follows:
15 (1)The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health or his designee.
16 (2)The chancellor of the Louisiana State University Health Science Center at
17 New Orleans or his designee.
18 (3)The chancellor of the Louisiana State University Health Science Center at
19 Shreveport or his designee.
20 (4)One representative from the National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana.
21 (5)One representative from the Louisiana State Medical Society.
22 (6)One representative from the Louisiana Public Health Institute.
23 (7)One representative appointed by the American Kidney Fund.
24 (8)One representative from the Tulane University School of Medicine.
25 (9)One representative from the Louisiana Primary Care Association.
26 (10)One representative from the Southern University School of Nursing.
27 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana Department of Health shall
28provide staff support as needed by the task force.
29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that at the first meeting, the members of the task
30force shall elect a chairperson, who shall preside over the task force.
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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that members of the task force shall serve without
2compensation.
3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall convene its first meeting by
4September 1, 2021, and shall meet as frequently as it deems necessary for the timely
5performance of its duties.
6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall submit a written report of
7its findings and recommendations to the Legislature of Louisiana not later than thirty days
8prior to the convening of the 2022 Regular Session.
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall study and make
10recommendations to matters that include but are not limited to the following:
11 (1)The examination of existing disparities, if any, on how chronic kidney
12 disease, transplantation, and kidney donation affect and impact non-
13 minorities versus minorities and how to reduce or eliminate those disparities.
14 (2)The development of a sustainable plan to increase awareness about early
15 detection, promote health equity and transplantation, and reduce the burden
16 of kidney diseases throughout the state of Louisiana.
17 (3)The development of a sustainable plan to conduct health education
18 workshops and seminars in order to promote awareness about chronic kidney
19 disease.
20 (4)The development of a sustainable plan to increase preventive screening of
21 chronic kidney disease in order to help bring awareness to the disease and to
22 screen, find, and treat people who may have the disease.
23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
24secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, the chancellor of the Louisiana State
25University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans, the chancellor of the Louisiana State
26University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, the chief executive officer of the National
27Kidney Foundation of Louisiana, the president of the Louisiana State Medical Society, the
28chief executive officer of the Louisiana Public Health Institute, the president and chief
29executive officer of the American Kidney Fund, the dean of the Tulane University School
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1of Medicine, the executive director of the Louisiana Primary Care Association, and the dean
2of the Southern University School of Nursing.
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 87 Engrossed 2021 Regular Session Robert Owen
Establishes the Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force to study and make
recommendations for increasing awareness of chronic kidney disease and to work with
policymakers, public health entities, and educational institutions to create educational health
programs to promote awareness. Requires the task force to submit a written report of its
findings and recommendations to the legislature not later than 30 days prior to the convening
of the 2022 R.S.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to
the original bill:
1. Add to the membership of the task force a representative from the Southern
University School of Nursing.
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