Health Works Commission

Name Health Works Commission
Contact Person Dr. Susannah F. Craig - Deputy Commissioner for Strategic Planning and Student Success
Mailing Address Post Office Box 3677
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-3677
Phone Number 225-342-4253
Fax Number 225-342-9318
Board Email susannah.craig@laregents.edu
Website --
Legal Authority Act 157
Year Created 2002
Organizational Placement Board of Regents
Purpose/Function The purpose of the commission is to serve as a collaborative working group to integrate and coordinate resources relative to health care workforce development within various state departments and key organizations.
Number of Entity Members: Number Authorized: 22
Number Currently Serving: 20
Number of Entity Meetings: Actual number in prior year: 2
Estimated number in current year: 4
The Entity is:
Active   Inactive   Not fully organized   Disbanded   Never fully organized
Do members receive per diem, salaries, and/or travel expense reimbursements?
Yes   No
Excluding member per diem, salaries, and travel expense reimbursements, does the entity receive or expend funds?
Yes   No
Entity Member Per Diem:
  Amount Authorized: $0      per meeting   per meeting day   per day spent on board business   None

Total entity member per diem:
  Prior year actual: $0.00
  Current year budgeted: $0.00
Entity Member Salaries:
  Prior year actual: $0.00
  Current year budgeted: $0.00
Entity Member Travel Expense Reimbursement:
  Prior year actual: $0.00
  Current year budgeted: $0.00
Number and Type of Authorized Employee Positions:
Classified: 0
Unclassified: 0
Part-time: 0
Entity Fiscal Year End:
4/30         7/31         10/31         Other (identify date)
6/30         9/30         12/31         None
Participation in State Employee Benefit Programs:
    Employees:
       participate in state retirement system(s) and/or state group insurance program(s)
       do not participate in state benefit programs

    Members:
       participate in state retirement system(s) and/or state group insurance program(s)
       do not participate in state benefit programs
A state agency provides: (Check all that apply and identify the state agency)
Per Diem Payments          State Agency:
Travel Reimbursements    State Agency:
Other (explain)  healthcare workforce trng  State Agency: Board of Regents
Is this entity a budget unit or included within a budget unit of the State of Louisiana as defined by LSA-R.S. 39:2?
   Yes    No
  If yes, identify the budget unit and the budget schedule number below:
  Budget Unit Name:
  Budget Schedule Number:
Notes Our agency was informed by the Department of Health that the Interagency Task Force of Family Medicine is an inactive Taskforce.
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