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STATE OFFICE CLOSURE - INCLEMENT WEATHER
Commissioner of Administration Taylor Barras is announcing that all state offices in Cameron Parish will be closed Wednesday, June 17, 2026 and Thursday, June 18, 2026, due to the impending tropical storm.
All agency heads are responsible for determining those essential personnel who should remain on duty, report for duty, or those who should report to alternate work sites as necessary. Officials continue to monitor conditions throughout the state, and this announcement may be updated.
This office closure applies to all nonessential employees, including those authorized to work from home.
September 28, 2004
Baton Rouge Area Health Care Consortium NamedFirst meeting set for Oct. 4
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, -
Baton Rouge --- Sen. Jay Dardenne announced today the legislative delegation from the Baton Rouge region has chosen its health care consortium members. Fifty members have been chosen for this group, which services a seven-parish region (East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Iberville and Ascension parishes).
The first meeting of the Region 2 Louisiana Health Care Consortium will be held Monday, Oct. 4, in the Senate Briefing Room at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m.
The meeting agenda includes election of a chairperson and other officers, and a presentation on the Governor’s Health Care Reform Panel and Regional Consortium, the roles and responsibilities of the consortium, other organizational business and scheduling of future meetings.
Members of the public are invited to attend the meeting and offer comment.
“We are very pleased with the enthusiasm we have seen from citizens of this area so far, and we hope many will attend the consortium meeting,” Sen. Dardenne said. “Citizen input will be an integral part of our efforts to reform health care in Louisiana.”
More information about the activities of the Region 2 Health Care Consortium, and other regional consortia throughout Louisiana, can be found on the Department of Health and Hospitals’ Web site athttp://www.dhh.state.la.us. Minutes from each consortium meeting will be posted on the Web site.
WHAT: First meeting of the Region 2 Health Care Consortium WHEN: Monday, October 4th @ 9 a.m. WHERE: Senate Briefing Room, State Capitol Contact Information: Senator Jay Dardenne, 225-342-9788
REGION 2 HEALTH CARE CONSORTIUM
Sandra C. Adams - LA Coalition for Maternal and Infant Health Pat Chester Alford - Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic Pastor Joseph Awotwi - Baton Rouge Stacy Barbay - American Heart/Stroke Assn. Cindy Bishop - School Based Health Clinics and Orthopedists Peggy Bourgeois - Diabetes Center, Baton Rouge General Medical Center Brenda Blanchard, R.N. - Baton Rouge Ken Brown - Gulf States Assn of Homes and Services for the Aging Brian Bruce - Community Resource Coordinators Sue Catchings - Health Care Centers in Schools and Coordinated School Health Services Mark Chustz - Administrator, West Feliciana Parish Hospital Brenda Costa - Pediatric Services of America, Inc. Robert Davidge - CEO,Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Joe Donchess - LA Nursing Home Association Buddy Estes - Home Care Association of Louisiana Jane Ewell - Zachary Fran Fransen - St. Gabriel Christopher Funes, M.D. - Baton Rouge Kathryn Glasper - Baton Rouge Stewart Gordon, M.D. - Chief of Pediatrics, LSUHSC/EKL Medical Center Jerre Hinds - Prairieville, LA Dave Kemmerly - LA State Medical Society David C. King, CPA - Baton Rouge Brenda Kelly - Baton Rouge Julia Kenny - The ARC of LA Kevin Kleinpeter - Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce Mary S. Labry - LA Sunshine Rhonda R. Litt - LA Primary Care Association Robbie Madden - YWCA of Greater Baton Rouge Barbara Mims, R.N. - Baton Rouge Frank Mims, MSW - Baton Rouge Joyce Maynor - Asst. Professor of Nursing, Southeastern LA University Errol L. McRae, R.N. - DHH,Office of Public Health Michael J. Nolan - CEO, Ascension Hospital Andy O’Brien - Staff Counsel, Blue Cross Dr. Margaret Pereboom - LA Health Care Campaign Nick Perez, R.Ph. - St. Francisville Virginia Pearson - Baton Rouge Health Forum Dave Rambo - Jefferson Manor Nursing Home and Rehab Center Richard “Dick” Raether, Jr. - Baton Rouge Bruce Roberts - SW Developmental Center Parents Assn/Baton Rouge Meghan Sanders - Synergy Health Group Michael Smith - President, Our Lady of the Lake College John Spain - Greater Baton Rouge Foundation Brad Thibodaux - Baton Rouge Roxanne Townsend, M.D. - Baton Rouge Vivian Walker - Greater Baton Rouge Federation of Churches and Synagogues Lorent White - AFL-CIO Patty Austerfield-Williams - LA Health Care Review, Inc. Sandee Winchell - LA Developmental Disabilities Council
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