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Dear Doctor Deas:

This office is in receipt of the resolution of the Directors of Claiborne Parish Hospital Service District No. 2 to seek an opinion from the Attorney General in regard to the legality of transferring the management, control, and/or ownership of the Homer Memorial Hospital from the Town of Homer to a parish-wide hospital service district. You indicate the Homer Memorial Hospital is owned and located in the Town of Homer, and managed by a seventeen person Board of Directors.

There are currently three hospital service districts in Claiborne Parish. Hospital Service District No. 1…