§ 46:2571 — Declaration of purpose

[Effective Date: Chapter terminated June 30, 1991, see §2576]
§2571. Declaration of purpose
A.(1) The legislature hereby recognizes that the emergency room at
Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans cannot accommodate the
number of patients attempting to seek medical assistance at that facility.
(2) The legislature further recognizes that society must bear the cost of
those patients who are turned away when seeking medical attention due to
shortages of medical personnel, often returning with more severe symptoms
that ultimately cost more to be treated.
(3) The legislature further recognizes that many of the minor symptoms
that patients leave without resolving could be handled with an adequate triage
team.
(4) The legislature further recognizes that, with objective planning
from a medically oriented task force whose sole purpose is to resolve the
problems faced by the staff at Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans
on a twenty-four hour basis, major accomplishments may be realized.
B. The legislature declares, therefore, that it is the purpose of this
Chapter to create the Task Force for Maximum Utilization of the Emergency
Room Facility at Charity Hospital at New Orleans, to develop a
comprehensive, coordinated plan to significantly improve emergency health
care delivery to reduce deaths and major illnesses seen by the medical staff,
and to provide needed guidance to carry out the goals the task force shall
recommend.
{{NOTE: R.S. 46:2576 (ACTS 1989, NO. 294) PROVIDED
TERMINATION DATE FOR TASK FORCE AS 6/30/90. ACTS
1990, NO. 417, EFF. 7/18/90 PROVIDED TERMINATION DATE OF
6/30/91.}}

Legislative History

Acts 1989, No. 294, §1, eff. June 27, 1989.