DHH submits the attached response to SR 29 of the 2014 Regular Legislative Session which directed the Department of Health to create a working group to develop strategies to decrease primary care utilization in emergency rooms in hospitals across Louisiana and SCR 47 of the 2014 Regular Legislative Session which urged and requested LDH to study the feasibility, desirability, and practicality of alternative transportation sites (i.e. urgent care clinics) for patients who access emergency medical services via the 911 system and the use of ambulance service providers and suppliers to assist with training and management of this population.