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2025 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 544
BY REPRESENTATIVE TURNER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
HEALTH CARE: Transfers powers and duties of the Nursing Supply and Demand Council
and the Simulation Medical Training and Education Council to the Louisiana Health
Works Commission
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 17:2048.51 and to repeal Part IV-C of Chapter 9 of Title 17 of
3 the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 17:2048.61, R.S.
4 36:651(L)(1)(b) and (c), and Subpart C of Part III of Chapter 11 of Title 37 of the
5 Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 37:1007, relative to health
6 care workforce development; to provide for the Louisiana Health Works
7 Commission; to provide for its membership; to provide for committees of the
8 commission; to abolish the Nursing Supply and Demand Council; to abolish the
9 Simulation Medical Training and Education Council for Louisiana; and to provide
10 for related matters.
11Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
12 Section 1. R.S. 17:2048.51 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
13 ยง2048.51. Louisiana Health Works Commission; creation; membership;
14 compensation; staff and facilities; powers and duties; data collection and
15 reporting
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17 B. The purpose of the commission is to serve as a collaborative working
18 group to integrate and coordinate resources relative to health care workforce
19 development within various state departments and key organizations and to carry out
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1 those duties previously assigned to the Nursing Supply and Demand Council and the
2 Simulation Medical Training and Education Council for Louisiana.
3 C. The following shall serve as members of the Louisiana Health Works
4 Commission:
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6 (9) The chairman of the Nursing Supply and Demand Council or his
7 designee The president of the Louisiana State University System or his designee.
8 * * *
9 (14) One member representing and appointed by the Louisiana Department
10 of Health, office of public health.
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12 G. The Louisiana Health Works Commission shall have the following
13 committees:
14 (1)(a) There shall be an An executive committee composed of the following:
15 (1) (i) The commissioner of higher education or his designee for the
16 commission.
17 (2) (ii) The chairman of the Nursing Supply and Demand Council or his
18 designee for the commission.
19 (3) (iii) The president of the University of Louisiana System or his designee
20 for the commission.
21 (4) (iv) The dean of the School of Allied Health Professions at Louisiana
22 State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport or his designee for the
23 commission.
24 (5) (v) The president of the Louisiana Hospital Association or his designee
25 for the commission.
26 (6) (vi) The executive director of the Louisiana Nursing Home Association
27 or his designee.
28 (7) (vii) The president of the Louisiana State Medical Society or his designee.
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1 (8) (viii) The president of the Southern University System or his designee for
2 the commission.
3 (9) (ix) The chancellor of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences
4 Center at New Orleans or his designee for the commission.
5 (10) (x) The president of the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians or his
6 designee for the commission.
7 (11) (xi) The president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College
8 System or his designee for the commission.
9 (12) (xii) The president of the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges
10 and Universities or his designee for the commission.
11 H. (b) The executive committee shall:
12 (1) (i) Elect the chairperson of the commission. The chair of the Nursing
13 Supply and Demand Committee shall serve as the vice chair of the commission.
14 (2) (ii) Establish rules of procedure to be adopted in accordance with the
15 Administrative Procedure Act.
16 (3) (iii) Perform other tasks as the commission directs or the adopted rules
17 of procedure require.
18 (2) A Nursing Supply and Demand Committee, to consist of representatives
19 of all organizations previously represented on the Nursing Supply and Demand
20 Council who are not represented on the Health Works Commission, in addition to
21 any other members of the Health Works Commission as appointed by its chair.
22 (3) A Simulation Medical Training and Education Committee, to consist of
23 representatives of all organizations previously represented on the Simulation Medical
24 Training and Education Council who are not represented on the Health Works
25 Commission, any members of the Health Works Commission as may be appointed
26 by its chair, and the following members:
27 (a) A representative of Xavier School of Medicine.
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1 (b) A representative of the Edward Via School of Osteopathic Medicine.
2 (c) A representative of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University.
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4 Section 2. R.S. 17:2048.61, Part IV-C of Chapter 9 of Title 17 of the Louisiana
5Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 17:2048.61, R.S. 36:651(L)(1)(b) and (c), and
6Subpart C of Part III of Chapter 11 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,
7comprised of R.S. 37:1007, are hereby repealed in their entirety.
8 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
9signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
10by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
11vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
12effective on the day following such approval.
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)]
HB 544 Original 2025 Regular Session Turner
Abstract: Abolishes the Nursing Supply and Demand Council and the Simulation Medical
Training and Education Council for La. and provides for the La. Health Works
Commission.
Present law creates the La. Health Works Commission (commission) and provides for its
purpose, membership, and powers and duties.
Proposed law retains present law and adds to the duties that the commission will carry out
the duties once assigned to the Nursing Supply and Demand Council and the Simulation
Medical Training and Education Council for La.
Present law provides for the membership of the commission.
Proposed law adds 2 members to the commission.
Present law establishes an executive committee for the commission and provides for the
composition of that committee.
Proposed law creates 2 additional committees within the commission, the Nursing Supply
and Demand Committee and the Simulation Medical Training and Education Committee,
and provides for the composition of those committees.
Present law provides for the Simulation Medical Training and Education Council for La.,
its purpose, membership, and reporting requirements.
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Proposed law repeals present law.
Present law provides for the Nursing Supply and Demand Council, its purpose, membership,
and reporting requirements.
Proposed law repeals present law.
Present law places the Nursing Supply and Demand Council and the Simulation Medical
Training and Education Council for La. within the Department of Education.
Proposed law repeals present law.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 17:2048.51; Repeals R.S. 17:2048.61, R.S. 36:651(L)(1)(b) and (c), and R.S.
37:1007)
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