title: "Cut them into little stars".
abstract: The following are excerpts from testimony given in favor of House Bill 849 before the Ways and Means Committee of the Louisiana House of Representatives on June 7, 2005. The bill asked for funding of a time sensitive illness and Homeland Security Emergency System for the State of Louisiana. Bill 849 was defeated by a vote of 9 - 2 in committee but subsequently rudimentary funding was secured in the joint conference committee of the House and Senate by Senate President Dr. Donald Hines. The prophetic poignancy of this plea and of so many other missed opportunities through the years should never be lost on the citizens of Louisiana.
authors.affiliation: LSUHSC-Shreveport, USA.
authors.forename: Lester W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004630:Emergencies; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D008297:Male; D012308:Risk Management; D012637:Security Measures / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*