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Latest Action: 06/30/2008 - Effective date 6/30/08.

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Provides for alternative remedies against health care facilities for violations. (gov sig)
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Introduced in the Senate, rules suspended, read first and second time by title and referred to the committee on Health and Welfare.

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Provides for registration of personal care service agencies. (gov sig)
Latest Action: 04/25/2005 - Read by title and referred to the committee on Health and Welfare.

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Requires that the Metropolitan Human Services District submit annual accountability reports to the legislature. (gov sig)
Latest Action: 06/30/2005 - Effective date 8/15/2005.

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Provides for disclosure by those who provide information or recommend food, dietary supplements of homeopathic remedies.
Latest Action: 06/17/2005 - Sent to the Secretary of State.

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Re-authorizes the Louisiana Public Mental Health Review Commission.
Latest Action: 06/24/2005 - Approved on 6/22/2005.

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Requests the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to study the feasibility of parish health units, federally-qualified health centers, and rural health centers providing screening for diabetes and blood pressure at no cost to the patient.
Latest Action: 06/25/2008 - Effective date 96.

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Provides for standards for crisis receiving centers. (gov sig)
Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Read by title, returned to the calendar.

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Provides for licensing of substitute family agencies for the developmentally disabled by the Department of Health and Hospitals. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)
Latest Action: 06/17/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008.

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Allows disabled individuals to access qualified providers of the State Personal Assistance Services Program anywhere in the state
Latest Action: 06/30/2008 - Effective date 8/15/08.

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Provides for uncompensated care hospital payments. (8/15/08) (RE +$75,000 GF EX See Note)

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Latest Action: 07/02/2008 - Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 712.

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Provides for the allocation of monies in the Medical Assistance Program Fraud Detection Fund (EN FF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 06/16/2008 - Enrolled, signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State.

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Creates a task force to study and make recommendations to the legislature on the most efficient and effective utilization of disproportionate share financing in Louisiana for the provision of health care services to the uninsured.
Latest Action: 05/14/2008 - Read by title, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

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Creates the Louisiana Alzheimer's Disease Task Force.
Latest Action: 06/23/2008 - Sent to the Secretary of State on 06/25.

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Creates the Nurse-Family Partnership Advisory Council and requests the Department of Health and Hospitals in conjunction with the Nurse-Family Partnership to study the expansion of the evidence-based Nurse-Family Partnership.
Latest Action: 06/30/2008 - Effective date 8/15/08.

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Provides for training the direct service workers and medication attendants. (8/15/08)
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Introduced in the Senate, rules suspended, read first and second time by title and referred to the committee on Health and Welfare.

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Provides for certain claims for Medicare patient co-payments. (8/15/08)
Latest Action: 06/30/2008 - Effective date 8/15/08.

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Provides for uncompensated care hospital payments. (8/15/08) (RE +$75,000 GF EX See Note)
Latest Action: 06/17/2008 - Effective date: August 15, 2008.

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Allows disabled individuals to access qualified providers of the State Personal Assistance Services Program anywhere in the state
Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Read by title, returned to the calendar.

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Provides for licensing of substitute family agencies for the developmentally disabled by the Department of Health and Hospitals. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)
Latest Action: 06/25/2008 - Effective date 96.

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Provides for standards for crisis receiving centers. (gov sig)