Multiple female legislators critiqued LSU’s handling of the allegations in a joint committee hearing in March, and they vowed to make dramatic changes.
Helena Moreno, a New Orleans city councilwoman and a former state representative, and survivors of domestic violence spoke in support of White’s bill in the Senate Judiciary A Committee.
Senate Bill 133, sponsored by Sen. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, advanced through the House Committee on Health and Welfare. The bill would require the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) to serve as a resource for addressing health care disparities for women and vulnerable populations in Louisiana.
“Black women are more likely to die while giving birth in the state of Louisiana than white women are, and we want to continue to make sure we close that gap,” said Kimberly Hood, assistant secretary for the Louisiana Office of Public Health.
"NO matter where we put the medical referral office, it will always be a political issue," Special Assistant for Administration Mathilde "Keko" Rosario said during a meeting with the House
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MEDICAL Referral Services Director Ronald D. Sablan told the Legislature that the medical referral program “must be depoliticalized and adequately budgeted."
House leader backs no vaccine brand notice, no forced jabs By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News
Published May 20, 2021 6:24pm
House Committee on Health chairperson Angelina Helen Tan said people should be informed of the vaccine brand at the site. House Committee on Health chairperson Angelina Helen Tan on Thursday expressed support for the Department of Health s brand agnostic policy, provided that on the sites of vaccination, the public will be informed on the vaccine that will be administered to them. I am supporting the Department of Health’s brand agnostic policy wherein the local governments will not be made to announce the brand of COVID-19 doses that they will roll out in vaccination sites to avoid overcrowding, Tan, a physician, said in a press statement.