2005 Corey Cared Bill

2nd Effort-2005 Legislative Effort to Create Alcohol Abuse Hotline Failed        ****2006 3rd Effort Louisiana Alcohol Abuse Hotline-Again blocked by political interest.

Make Alcohol Help as Available as Alcohol is in Louisiana
see all 2005 Legislative Bill List
Related Calls to Action- and Alerts for Corey's Bill in 2005
June 14th Prior to Vote in House

Update: HB 755 was killed as a result of politics that had nothing to do with the alcohol help hotline.

Amendments were added to this bill in good faith to create a source of funding, and the process in a conference committee in the last hours of this legislative session.

An amendment to undo a bill passed earlier in the session that would basically force small business owners of Louisiana wineries to go thru the corporate wholesalers (this would have also put the small business's out of business)

The alcohol lobby (which represents the wholesalers) killed this bill -and did so by having the author of the bill carrying the industries amendment Rep. Powell oppose other areas of the bill one that was controversial and also not very clear, but the author understood this amendment would clarify existing law for 500 of the retailers selling daiquiris onsite and not allow any additional in our state.

WE BELIEVED THE BILL WAS PASSED...LITTLE DID WE KNOW....(SEE ABOVE)

June 16--Pending Final Passage in the Senate and Gov. Signature
Progress...we are on our way to seeing this bill become law thanks to your actions and support! Thank you!!

6/13/05 Click Here to write the members of the Senate Jud B Committee NOW, ask them to support HB 755 tomorrow morning, and please please attend the hearing if you can---we need all the support possible to get help to those with alcohol crisis in or state.

Please join us --meet at 8:30 in the Cafeteria, get your "support 755" button to wear!

Hearing:
Senate Committee on Judiciary B
June 14, 2005-9:00 am
Room E---Scheduled

Support HB 755-
225-342-2040

6/2/05 Contact the Senate Switchboard- Ask your Senator to

Find out who your legislators are

5/31/05 Assigned to Judiciary B--Waiting on HEARING Date...
(Now the bill must be heard and Passed in this Senate Committee and then the Full Senate)

Waiting on the Senate Committee hearing date- updated 5/28/05

THANK you! HB 755 passed the House Floor 99-0

5/25/05 755 Passed House Floor 99-0
5/24/05- SEE Alert on hb 755 full House for Vote

Louisiana State Capital Phone:
House switchboard 225-342-6945- OR CONTACT YOUR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE
Support a Statewide Toll Free Alcohol Help Line to all of the House members, ask them to support this life saving legislation -vote to pass HB 755 on the Full House Today

5/19/05       755 passes House Judiciary Committee

House Efforts in 2005 on HB 755--

Bill now onto the Senate Below are Actions from process where passed on the House side.

Thank You! Passed out of Committee 5/19/05 on to House floor 5/24.

ASAP--Thursday May 19
Read House Bill 755- HB 755 the alcohol abuse toll free helpline.

Call House Judiciary Committee members, Email your Support--Or PLEASE Attend -We need your support--to get this bill out of committee.
Contact Judiciary Committee

-Hearing on Thursday May 19, 9:30 am, LA Capital
House Judiciary Committee Rm 1

Louisiana State Capital Phone:
House switchboard 225-342-6945-

Watch the Video -"Cory" in an effort to raise awareness by his family and bring change.

See Tammy Domangue Speak on her Son's Death to the House Committee

Watch the Video Archive of the Judiciary Committee Hearing from May 19, 2005

Reducing Alcohol Crisis in Louisiana in Memory of Corey Domangue LSU Honors Student
who died from an Alcohol Overdose- in October 2003
Help came to late for Corey Domangue--We can change this!

You can help!
Support the Domangue Family in their efforts to see that those who have alcohol crisis, alcohol abuse problems:

Follow the progress of HB 755 and let your Legislative Representatives know you support real hope and help for Louisiana's alcohol problems.

1. Realize that alcohol can be misused causing life threatening harm, and that help is available.

That is the purpose in creating and promoting a statewide alcohol helpline -will raise awareness that alcohol problems exist in our state, currently there is no public resource made available to promote help for alcohol problems, there is great need for awareness with an avenue for help if/when it is needed.

Alcohol is a leading cause of death for youth in Louisiana, Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, are preventable and treatable, information and education along with support for individuals with problems offers hope to those who experience alcohol crisis.

Alcohol Deaths can end, and your action in supporting one of the first real efforts taken to educate, inform, and support those who have problems with alcohol use is needed.

Remembering Cory Corey died, the 4th time he drank, his body responded to alcohol in a way he and his friends could not have ever imagined, he died of an alcohol overdose October 10, 2003.

Contact your Rep/Senator to Show support for this effort:

Online: Complete information, including live online television of some proceedings and digests of bills are available on the Legislature's Web site, www.legis.state.la.us. You can check bills by legislator, subject or committee and you can follow floor actions as they occur.

By phone: You may obtain information by calling the Legislature's Public Update Legislative Service, or PULS line. The numbers are (225) 342-2456 or (800) 256-3793.

Contact your legislator: Representatives — (225) 342-6945 or www.house.legis.state.la.us; Senators — (225) 342-2040 or www.senate.legis.la.us.

Alcohol Problems can happen to anyone who drinks, and this legislation can offer hope and life saving measures for alcohol problems.....After a night of drinking, and studying, Cory, an honors student at LSU, showed little sign of being intoxicated. We need to increase awareness, and help for alcohol problems, overdose, and addiction/abuse.
Join Cory's Family and friends in supporting HB 755 which will provide posting of this helpline wherever alcohol is sold.

http://www.hopenetworks.org/Deaths_Alcohol_Youth.htm

Those with a family history of alcohol/addiction, need to know their tolerance may not allow them to "feel" or "know" they are literally poisoning themselves to death drinking alcohol. The friends with him said that he didn't even appear intoxicated, his friends could not have known to call for help sooner, changing the awareness level and making help available known with promotion of the toll free number will make a difference, and save lives.
Vigil Held to remember LSU Student
Pictures from the Vigil      Press Release

Article
more:
http://www.hopenetworks.org/News_Youth.htm

Corey's Mom and Sister Curstin