Loading chat...
LA HCR42
Concurrent Resolution
Status
6/11/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joy Walters
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Requests the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles to study the feasibility of offering special identification cards to citizens with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia conditions
-
Study must examine laws and procedures for obtaining such ID cards, alternative methods for in-person identification (similar to California's "homebound program"), extended expiration dates, and potential fee waivers
-
Written report due to House and Senate Transportation, Highway and Public Works committees by July 1, 2026
-
Approximately 94,700 Louisiana citizens aged 65 and older have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and Louisiana ranked among the five states with highest occurrence of Alzheimer's and related dementia in 2024
-
Six out of ten people with dementia will wander from safety and cannot communicate where they live or how to contact caregivers, making special identification cards potentially life-saving
Legislative Description
Urges and requests the office of motor vehicles to study the necessity of Louisiana state identification cards for citizens with Alzheimer's and related dementia diseases
MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE
Last Action
Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
6/13/2025