ENROLLED
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 152
BY REPRESENTATIVE DESHOTEL
A RESOLUTION
To direct the Louisiana Department of Health to amend its administrative rule, LAC
48:I.12526(B), regarding the geographic location of a hospice provider within a
fifty-mile radius of the hospice proposed geographic location.
WHEREAS, LAC 48:I.12526(A) establishes that a hospice provider is eligible to be
licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health upon meeting all of the requirements for
licensure; and
WHEREAS, LAC 48:I.12526(B) provides that the service area for a proposed or
existing hospice provider is within a fifty-mile radius of the proposed geographic location
where the provider is or will be licensed; and
WHEREAS, the fifty-mile radius of the proposed geographic location places an
undue burden on hospice providers who would serve patients where part of the parish is
within the fifty-mile radius of the proposed geographic location, but the hospice provider is
not able to service the entire parish; and
WHEREAS, the fifty-mile radius of the proposed geographic location also places an
undue burden on rural areas where a fifty-mile radius may be difficult to define.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby direct the Louisiana Department of Health to amend
its administrative rule regarding the geographic location of a hospice provider to authorize
such providers to serve patients in any parish within a fifty-mile radius of their location.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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