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LA Rev Stat § 39:1532 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1532. Reporting requirements

RS 1532 - Reporting requirements A. The commissioner of administration shall prepare such reports as he finds necessary for the proper conduct of his duties. B. In the fiscal year immediately following a regular session of the legislature in which the legislature has enacted appropriations from the state general fund for the payment of specific judgments or claims, the commissioner of administration shall report to the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance on the fifteenth day of October and the fifteenth day of February regarding the payment status of all such claims and judgments, including but not limited to the last offer made by the plaintiff as well as the last offer made by the state of Louisiana and the final cost of each judgment. Added by Acts 1980, No. 520, §1, eff. July 1, 1980; Acts 1992, No. 385, §1; Acts 2008, No. 843, §1, eff. July 1, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1533.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1533.1. Repealed by Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §3, eff. July 1, 2000.

RS 1533.1 - Repealed by Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §3, eff. July 1, 2000.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1533.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1533.2. Future Medical Care Fund

RS 1533.2 - Future Medical Care Fund A. There is hereby established in the state treasury the "Future Medical Care Fund", hereinafter referred to as the "fund". The fund shall consist of such monies transferred or appropriated to the fund for the purposes of funding medical care and related benefits that may be incurred subsequent to judgment rendered against the state or a state agency as provided by R.S. 13:5106 and as more specifically provided in R.S. 13:5106(B)(3)(c). All costs or expenses of administration of the fund shall be paid from the fund. B. The fund shall be administered by the treasurer on behalf of the office of risk management for the benefit of claimants suing for personal injury who are entitled to medical care and related benefits that may be incurred subsequent to judgment. Except for costs or expenses of administration, this fund shall be used only for payment of losses associated with such claims. At the close of each fiscal year, the treasurer shall transfer to the Future Medical Care Fund from the Self-Insurance Fund an amount equal to the monies expended from the Future Medical Care Fund during that fiscal year. Monies in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund. Interest earned on investment of monies in the fund shall be deposited in and credited to the fund. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund. Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 20, §2, eff. July 1, 2000.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1534 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1534. Transfer of personnel and funds

RS 1534 - Transfer of personnel and funds All personnel and funds provided to the Division of Administration in the ancillary enterprise bill for operation of the property insurance section are hereby transferred to the office of risk management. Added by Acts 1980, No. 520, §1, eff. July 1, 1980.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1536 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1536. Assessment of premiums

RS 1536 - Assessment of premiums A.(1) The office of risk management shall assess premiums to each agency based on its actual loss experience and exposure levels for both self-insured and commercial coverage. Such assessment may be on a retrospective basis. (2) For the purposes of this Section, the term "agency" for higher education entities shall mean each individual board, institution, or entity within postsecondary education and the administration and each individual hospital within the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Health Care Services Division. B.(1) Any agency which has undergone a loss prevention audit by the office of risk management and has received certification from the office of risk management as being in compliance with state law and loss prevention standards prescribed by the office of risk management shall receive a credit to be applied to the agency's annual self-insured premium per line of insurance coverage, excluding the coverages for road hazards and medical malpractice, equal to five percent of the agency's total annual self-insured premium paid per line of coverage. (2) An agency which has failed to receive certification after undergoing a loss prevention audit by the office of risk management shall be liable for a penalty of five percent of the agency's total annual self-insured premium paid per line of coverage, excluding the coverages for road hazards and medical malpractice. The office of risk management shall notify such agency of the penalty at least sixty days prior to assessing the penalty. The agency may, within ten days of its receipt of such notification, request that the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget review the potential impact of the penalty on the agency. If the committee conducts a hearing on the request within forty-five days from receipt of the request, the committee may nullify the penalty for such agency. Such penalty shall be payable at the time of each premium payment, and shall be used by the office of risk management for claims payment. Added by Acts 1980, No. 520, §1, eff. July 1, 1980. Acts 1983, No. 110, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 11, §2; Acts 1999, No. 909, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1536.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1536.1. Payment of premiums

RS 1536.1 - Payment of premiums Every agency shall timely pay premiums billed by the office of risk management. In the event any agency fails to pay any premiums due the office of risk management within one hundred twenty days of the effective date of the appropriated insurance coverages, the commissioner of administration may upon request by the office of risk management draw a warrant against budgeted funds of any delinquent agency directing the treasurer to pay the office of risk management for the unpaid premiums. Acts 1988, No. 85, §1, eff. July 1, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1537 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1537. Annual report

RS 1537 - Annual report The commissioner of administration shall submit to the governor, the attorney general, and the legislature annually a formal report on the state's risk management program which shall include: (1) Current data on premiums and incurred losses for each line of commercially insured and self-insured coverage. (2) A current financial statement detailing the assets and liabilities for each separate account held in the state self-insurance fund. (3) Data on all administrative costs associated with the state's risk management program by type and line of coverage. (4) Data on loss experience to include type, severity, and frequency of losses in the aggregate and for each state department. (5) A record of all claims paid under self-insurance programs. (6)(a) Data comparison of self-insurance programs in other states, including data as to loss experience, payment of claims, and operating expenses for these programs. (b) Differences in program structure of the self-insurance programs in other states with recommendations as may be necessary to become more efficient and cost effective. (c) Any additional information or comparisons which will assist in determining the efficiency and potential for savings of a self-insurance program as compared to commercial insurance or other alternatives for providing liability coverage. Data comparisons with similarly structured state self-insurance programs, including data such as losses and expenses, and any resulting recommendations for the state self-insured program. (7) Data on all settlements, compromises, judgments, and post-judgment settlements which shall include the amounts claimed and the amounts paid with cumulative totals for each type of damage claim. Added by Acts 1980, No. 520, §1, eff. July 1, 1980; Acts 1992, No. 385, §1; Acts 1993, No. 588, §1; Acts 2004, No. 160, §1, eff. July 1, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1538 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1538. Claims against the state

RS 1538 - Claims against the state  A. Claims against the state or any of its agencies to recover damages in tort for money damages against the state or its agencies for injury or loss of property, personal injury, or death caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any employee of the agency while acting within the scope of his office or employment under circumstances in which the state or such agency, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant in accordance with the general laws of this state, may be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions specified in this Chapter. However, immunity for discretionary acts of executive, legislative, and judicial officers within the scope of their legally defined powers shall not be abridged.  B. The state and its agencies shall be liable for claims in the same manner and to the same extent as a private individual under like circumstances.  C. A judgment may be settled in accordance with R.S. 39:1535(B)(6).  D. In actions brought pursuant to this Section, process shall be served upon the head of the department concerned, the office of risk management, and the attorney general, as well as any others required by R.S. 13:5107. However, there shall be no direct action against the Self-Insurance Fund and claimants, with or without a final judgment recognizing their claims, shall have no enforceable right to have such claims satisfied or paid from the Self-Insurance Fund.  E. The division of administration, in cooperation with the attorney general as provided in R.S. 49:257(B), shall prepare a list of all final judgments against the state that are the result of a claim under Article XII, Section 10 of the Constitution of Louisiana and this Section and which remain unpaid. The list shall be updated quarterly, provided to the attorney general pursuant to R.S. 49:257(B), and information contained therein shall be included within the comprehensive annual financial report in a manner determined by the commissioner of administration.  Added by Acts 1980, No. 520, §1, eff. July 1, 1980; Acts 2018, No. 627, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1538.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1538.1. Certain unclaimed property; presumption of abandonment

RS 1538.1 - Certain unclaimed property; presumption of abandonment Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any unclaimed benefits, payments, funds, or checks held by the office of risk management or the Self-Insurance Fund which could be claimed by any claimant, or any heir, estate, or subrogee thereof, shall not be presumed abandoned at any time. Such property shall be held by the office of risk management in the Self-Insurance Fund. Acts 1988, No. 51, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1539 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1539. Medical malpractice

RS 1539 - Medical malpractice  A. Medical malpractice judgments and settlements payable by the state pursuant to Part IV of Subchapter E of Chapter 5-D of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall be funded and paid from the Self-Insurance Fund; however, all such medical malpractice claims shall continue to be administered, controlled, and adjudicated only in accordance with the provisions contained in that Part.  B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the state and state agencies which are covered under or protected from any actual payment of liability by the provisions of R.S. 40:1237.1 shall be assessed and shall pay premiums to the office of risk management in accordance with the standards and criteria set forth in R.S. 39:1536.  Added by Acts 1980, No. 520, §1, eff. July 1, 1980. Amended by Acts 1987, No. 785, §1, eff. July 17, 1987; Acts 1988, No. 60, §1, eff. July 1, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1540 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1540. Competition

RS 1540 - Competition  A. Every contract entered into by the state for the purchase of insurance or for obtaining services relating to the operation of the insurance program shall be awarded by either competitive sealed bidding or competitive negotiation. Competitive negotiation shall be initiated by the issuance of a request for proposals containing a description of the coverage required and the factors to be used in evaluating the proposals. Where there is more than one offeror, written or oral discussions shall be conducted with at least the three, or two if there are only two, highest qualified offerors who submit proposals determined in writing to be reasonably susceptible of being selected for award. The contract shall be awarded with reasonable promptness by written notice to the responsible offeror whose proposal meets the requirements and criteria set forth in the request for proposals and whose proposal is most beneficial to the state, considering the price and the evaluation factors set forth in the request for proposal. Public notice of the request for proposals shall be provided in the same manner as established in R.S. 39:1551, et seq.  B.(1) The office of risk management, under the direction of the commissioner of administration, is authorized to contract for consulting services with one or more licensed insurance producers upon a finding by the commissioner that the contract is in the best interest of the state. The contract authorized pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection may authorize one or more producers to advise the office of risk management regarding the office's insurance programs and to directly procure insurance.  (2) No contract executed for consulting services under the provisions of this Subsection shall be effective until it has been approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.  (3) The division of administration shall provide a financial analysis and shall report annually on contracts and lines of insurance coverage secured under this Subsection to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. Additionally, the commissioner of administration shall report to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget any contract award and all associated proposals received for consulting services under these provisions in response to each request for proposals.  Added by Acts 1980, No. 520, §1, eff. July 1, 1980; Acts 2014, No. 715, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1541 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1541. Professional, consulting, and personal service contracts

RS 1541 - Professional, consulting, and personal service contracts Contracts for professional, consulting, and personal services shall be awarded as provided by R.S. 39:1481 et seq. Added by Acts 1980, No. 520, §1, eff. July 1, 1980.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1542 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1542. Worker's compensation

RS 1542 - Worker's compensation The state shall become self-insured for worker's compensation coverage by January 1, 1981. Added by Acts 1980, No. 520, §1, eff. July 1, 1980. Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1544 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1544. Department responsibilities

RS 1544 - Department responsibilities Each state department shall have the following responsibilities relating to the state's insurance program: (1) To submit to the office of risk management all information requested relating to risk management. (2) To open all files relating to the insurance program to the office of risk management. (3) To institute procedures for the timely and thorough investigation of all incidents which may give rise to a claim against the state. Added by Acts 1980, No. 520, §1, eff. July 1, 1980.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1545 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1545. Public officer bonds; notarial bonds

RS 1545 - Public officer bonds; notarial bonds A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the office of risk management may, at its option, self-insure bonds for public officers where such bond coverages are procured through the office of risk management in accordance with other provisions of this Chapter. Upon issuance such self-insured bonds may be substituted for other public officer bonds. B. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the office of risk management may, at its option, self-insure notarial bonds where such bond coverages are procured through the office of risk management in accordance with other provisions of this Chapter, and upon issuance, such self-insured bonds may be substituted for other notarial bonds. C. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, no self-insured public officer or notarial bond issued by the office of risk management shall operate as a mortgage against the property of the surety. Acts 1988, No. 50, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1546 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1546. Coverage for road hazard liability

RS 1546 - Coverage for road hazard liability A. The state shall become self-insured for coverage of damages resulting from the establishment, design, construction, existence, ownership, maintenance, use, extension, improvement, repair, or regulation of any state bridge, tunnel, dam, street, road, highway, or expressway. All such claims shall be administered, controlled, and adjudicated in accordance with the provisions of this Part. B. REPEALED BY ACTS 1992, NO. 385, §3. Acts 1988, No. 61, §1, eff. July 1, 1988; Acts 1992, No. 385, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1547 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1547. Return to work program

RS 1547 - Return to work program A. There is hereby created within the office of risk management the return to work program. The goal of the program shall be the safe and expedient return of state employees with job-related injuries and illnesses to transitional or regular employment. The office of risk management shall, by rule, design a program that returns workers to gainful employment as soon as is medically possible after a job-related injury or illness. The program shall at a minimum include the following components: (1) A transitional employment program. (2) A workers' compensation claims reporting process. (3) A process of semiannual reports to the legislature and the governor. B. The transitional employment program shall be designed by the office of risk management in conjunction with the Louisiana Department of Civil Service. The program shall have as its objective the development of transitional job descriptions which allow an employee with a job-related injury or illness to return to work as soon as medically possible. The office of risk management, as a part of this program, shall coordinate with all state agencies, boards, and commissions the development of an activity analysis form to be used to summarize the tasks and associated demands of each position found in state government. The form is to be used to communicate the information to physicians to enable them to make return-to-work decisions concerning state workers under their care. C. The workers' compensation claims reporting process shall be designed by the office of risk management to facilitate the timely reporting of work-related injuries to the office of risk management by state agencies, boards, and commissions. D. The semiannual reporting process shall be designed by the office of risk management to outline the activities of the program. The report shall include but not be limited to the number of occupational-related cases reported, the number of occupational-related cases outstanding, the number of employees drawing workers' compensation benefits, the dollar amount of indemnity payments and medical payments made to employees, the number of employees returned to work during the reporting period, and the estimated dollar savings that resulted from the return to work program. Acts 1999, No. 916, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1549 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1549. Workers' Compensation programs; discrimination prohibited

RS 1549 - Workers' Compensation programs; discrimination prohibited Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no state agency, board, or commission shall discriminate against any contractor or subcontractor based upon the method used by such contractor or subcontractor to secure workers' compensation coverage as defined in R.S. 23:1168 or R.S. 23:1195 et seq. when such agency, board, or commission requires a contractor or subcontractor to provide workers' compensation coverage. Acts 1992, No. 1124, §2; Acts 2001, No. 927, §2, eff. June 26, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1551 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1551. Short title

RS 1551 - Short title This Chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the Louisiana Procurement Code. Added by Acts 1979, No. 715, §1, eff. July 1, 1980; Acts 2014, No. 864, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1552 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1552. Purposes; rules of construction

RS 1552 - Purposes; rules of construction A. Interpretation. This Chapter shall be construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies. B. Purposes and policies. The underlying purposes and policies of this Chapter are: (1) To simplify, clarify, and modernize the law governing procurement by this state. (2) To permit the continued development of procurement policies and practices. (3) To provide for increased public confidence in the procedures followed in public procurement. (4) To ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all persons who deal with the procurement system of this state. (5) To provide increased economy in state procurement activities by fostering effective competition. (6) To provide safeguards for the maintenance of a procurement system of quality and integrity. Added by Acts 1979, No. 715, §1, eff. July 1, 1980; Acts 2014, No. 864, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1553 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1553. Construction

RS 1553 - Construction A. Supplementary general principles of law applicable. To the extent not inconsistent with the particular provisions of this Chapter, the principles of Louisiana law shall supplement its provisions. B. Obligation of good faith. Every contract or duty within this Chapter imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance or enforcement. "Good faith" means honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing. Added by Acts 1979, No. 715, §1, eff. July 1, 1980; Acts 2014, No. 864, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1554.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1554.1. Federal block grants

RS 1554.1 - Federal block grants  The provisions of this Chapter shall be applicable to any goods and services procured with funds pursuant to the federally enacted community services block grant or community development block grant.  Added by Acts 1982, No. 603, §1; Acts 2014, No. 864, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. NOTE: Redesignated in part and amended by Acts 2014, No. 864, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 39:1557 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 39 - Public Finance|§1557. Public access to procurement information

RS 1557 - Public access to procurement information Procurement information shall be a public record to the extent provided in Chapter 1 of Title 44 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and shall be available to the public as provided in such statute. Added by Acts 1979, No. 715, §1, eff. July 1, 1980; Acts 2014, No. 864, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.