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LA Rev Stat § 45:1611 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§1611. Emergency service plan; cable service providers and video service providers

RS 1611 - Emergency service plan; cable service providers and video service providers  When used in this Chapter:  (1) "Cable service" means the one-way transmission to subscribers of video programming or other programming service and any subscriber interaction required for the selection or use of video programming or other programming service, but shall not include any video programming provided by a commercial mobile service provider.  (2) "Cable service provider" means any person or entity that provides cable service over a cable system and directly or through one or more affiliates owns a significant interest in that cable system, or who otherwise controls or is responsible for, through any arrangement, the management and operation of that system.  (3) "Cable system" means a facility consisting of a set of closed transmission paths and associated signal generation, reception, and control equipment that is designed to provide cable service which includes video programming and which is provided to multiple subscribers within a community but does not include the following facilities or systems:  (a) A facility that serves only to retransmit the television signals of one or more television broadcast stations.  (b) A facility that serves subscribers without using any public right-of-way.  (c) A facility of a common carrier which is subject, in whole or in part, to common carrier regulation, except that the facility shall be considered a cable system to the extent the facility is used in the transmission of video programming directly to subscribers, unless the extent of the use is solely to provide interactive on-demand services.  (d) An open video system to the extent the system is considered under federal law not to be a cable system.  (e) Any facilities of an electric utility used solely for operating its electric system.  (4) "Commercial mobile service provider" means an interconnected radio communication service carried on between mobile stations or receivers and land stations, and by mobile stations communicating among themselves, provided for profit and to the public or to a substantial portion of the public.  (5) "Commission" means the Louisiana Public Service Commission.  (6) "Video programming" means programming provided by, or generally considered comparable to programming provided by, a television broadcast station.  (7) "Video service" means any video programming service provided through wireline facilities located at least in part in the public rights-of-way without regard to delivery technology, including internet protocol technology. "Video service" shall not include any video programming provided by a commercial mobile service provider or video programming provided as part of a service that enables users to access content, information, email, or other services offered over the public internet.  (8) "Video service provider" means any entity providing video service.  Acts 2020, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 42, §1, eff. Dec. 1, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 45:1613 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§1613. Violations; penalties

RS 1613 - Violations; penalties  Any cable service provider or video service provider found by the commission, after notice and hearing, to be in violation of any provision of this Chapter shall be subject to a civil fine not to exceed one thousand dollars for the first violation. The civil fine for any subsequent violation of any provision of this Chapter shall not exceed five thousand dollars.  Acts 2020, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 42, §1, eff. Dec. 1, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1. Definitions

RS 1 - Definitions   As used in this Title, the following definitions shall apply:   (1) "Department" means the Department of Children and Family Services or the Louisiana Department of Health.  (2) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services or the Louisiana Department of Health.  (3) "Parish or district office" means parish or district office of the Department of Children and Family Services or the Louisiana Department of Health.  (4) "Parish director" means the director of the parish or district office.  (5) "Recipient" means the person who has received assistance under this Title.  (6) "Assistance" means money payments under this Title.  Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978; H.C.R. No. 59, 1999 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 46:2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§2. Administration of oaths

RS 2 - Administration of oaths A. Employees of the office of children and family services of the Department of Children and Family Services and employees of the parish or district offices of the department, including the New Orleans Department of Health, may administer oaths and pass authentic acts in connection with any documents relative to relief or assistance now or to be furnished by the state or any political subdivision under the provisions of this Title or the provisions of the Social Security Act, as either may be amended. B. Employees of the office of children and family services of the Department of Children and Family Services and employees of the parish or district offices of the department may administer oaths and pass authentic acts, except acts of voluntary surrender under R.S. 9:402, in connection with any documents relative to services now or to be furnished by the state or any political subdivision, either directly or through contractual agreement, under the provisions of this Title or the provisions of the Social Security Act. C. No charge shall be made for any oath taken or act passed by authority of this Section. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1980, No. 256, §1; Acts 2013, No. 220, §20, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 791, §17.
LA Rev Stat § 46:3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§3. Trustees or administrators shall not be interested in contracts with or sales to charitable institutions; penalties

RS 3 - Trustees or administrators shall not be interested in contracts with or sales to charitable institutions; penalties  A. No member of the board of trustees, nor any administrator of any charitable institution of the state, shall receive any appointment in the institution, nor shall any member of the boards of trustees, or administrators, nor any officer appointed by either of them, be concerned directly or indirectly in any contract, in the furnishing of supplies, or in the purchase or sale of any article of property or value for or on account of these institutions.  B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the court.  Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 46:4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§4. Parish appropriations in aid of charity hospitals

RS 4 - Parish appropriations in aid of charity hospitals  Police juries may, under such regulations as they may prescribe, appropriate annually and use from parish funds, sums of money not to exceed one thousand dollars in aid of charity hospitals or other similar institutions, when the charity hospitals or other institutions are freely used, without cost by the indigent sick or wounded citizens of the parishes.
LA Rev Stat § 46:5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§5. Parish appropriations in aid of charity hospitals of adjoining states

RS 5 - Parish appropriations in aid of charity hospitals of adjoining states  The police juries may, under such regulations as they may prescribe, appropriate annually and use from parish funds, sums of money not to exceed three hundred dollars in aid of charity hospitals or other similar institutions of adjoining states, when the charity hospitals or other institutions are freely used, without cost, by the indigent sick or wounded citizens of the parishes.
LA Rev Stat § 46:6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§6. Admission criteria to state-supported charity hospitals

RS 6 - Admission criteria to state-supported charity hospitals  Any bona fide resident of the state of Louisiana who is in need of medical services, including but not limited to the uninsured, shall be eligible for treatment by any general hospital owned or operated by the board in accordance with policy adopted by the LSU Board of Supervisors. However, any person with an income greater than two hundred percent of the applicable federal poverty guideline as published in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services and who is otherwise eligible for treatment may be denied access to non-emergency medical care if such person refuses to pay any appropriately adopted reasonable charges for treatment or service received, unless the patient's clinical condition requires immediate treatment as determined by the patient's treating physician, or if the person has been treated in the past, billed based upon his or her ability to pay, and has refused to pay for previous medical services without justifiable excuse or to make arrangements for periodic partial payments, unless the patient's clinical condition requires immediate treatment as determined by the patient's treating physician or medical director. In no event shall emergency treatment be denied to anyone; and in no event shall any person housed in any parish jail facility or state prison in the state of Louisiana, irrespective of his state of residency, be denied medically necessary medical treatment in the nearest general hospital owned or operated by the board. Further, any prisoner treated at a general hospital owned or operated by the board shall have those services paid through the facility receiving state funding for the incarceration of that prisoner.  Amended by Acts 1975, No. 534, §1; Acts 1977, No. 669, §1; Acts 1983, No. 671, §1; Acts 1991, No. 893, §1; Acts 2003, No. 906, §§2, 3, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 46:7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§7. Questionnaire for applicant; fraud or misrepresentation; penalties

RS 7 - Questionnaire for applicant; fraud or misrepresentation; penalties  A. Before any person is admitted to any hospital, except in cases of emergency, the superintendent or director of the hospital shall provide a questionnaire to be answered by all applicants for admission.  B. If any person is admitted through fraud or misrepresentation on the part of the applicant for admission, or anyone acting for him, the superintendent or director of the hospital may make appropriate charges for services rendered to the patient, in accordance with charges in other first class hospitals, including physicians' and surgeons' fees. The department may bring suit against the patient for recovery thereof.  C. Any person who shall obtain, attempt to obtain, or aid or abet anyone to obtain admission to a hospital supported by the state of Louisiana by means of any false statement, misrepresentation or other fraudulent device shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.  Amended by Acts 1960, No. 136, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 46:8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§8. Subrogation to right of action for patient's injuries against employer or third person

RS 8 - Subrogation to right of action for patient's injuries against employer or third person  Where a patient in any state supported or veterans administration hospital in the state has been injured by the negligence of another person other than his employer, or by an employer in employment falling outside of the provisions of the employer's liability laws, and has a right of action for the recovery of compensatory damages against that person, the department or the United States, in the case of veterans administration hospitals in the state, shall be subrogated to the right of action to the extent of reasonable charges for services rendered to the patient, in accordance with like charges in other first class hospitals, including physicians' and surgeons' fees.  Amended by Acts 1972, No. 20, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 46:9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§9. Copy of petition to be served on hospital when patients sue for injuries

RS 9 - Copy of petition to be served on hospital when patients sue for injuries  A. Any person who has received in any of the charity hospitals of the state or in a veterans administration hospital in the state treatment for injuries which might entitle him to damages or compensation, and who files suit for the recovery of the damages or compensation, shall cause a copy of the petition to be served on the hospital from which he received treatment, or on the attorney designated to represent the hospital, at least ten days before the trial of the suit.   B. No court of this state shall proceed with the trial of any suit involving any claim referred to in this Section unless a copy of the petition has been served as required or such service has been waived as provided in Subsection C of this Section.  C. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the plaintiff or his attorney and the attorney representing the charity hospital or veterans administration hospital from entering into a written agreement stipulating that in the event of a favorable judgment for the plaintiff, the bills for services due the hospital shall be paid before all other disbursements of the award. Such an agreement may be accompanied by a waiver of the service of the petition upon the hospital otherwise required in Subsection A of this Section.  Amended by Acts 1972, No. 20, §1; Acts 1976, No. 675, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 46:10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§10. Compromise of claim not to affect rights of the hospital

RS 10 - Compromise of claim not to affect rights of the hospital  No compromise of any claim referred to in R.S. 46:9, whether made before or after the filing of suit, shall affect the right of any of the charity hospitals of this state or of any veterans administration hospital in the state to recover the fees and charges, if any, that may be due the hospital for treatment, from any party or parties who may be liable for them under any law of this state.  Amended by Acts 1972, No. 20, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§11. Proceedings for recovery of charges due hospitals

RS 11 - Proceedings for recovery of charges due hospitals  All proceedings for the recovery of any charges or fees due any charity hospital of this state or any veterans administration hospital in the state may be presented in any court of this state, in term time or in vacation, by rule, in a direct action or by intervention, or by third opposition, and all the proceedings shall be tried or heard summarily and by preference in all courts, after notice of not less than two days to adverse parties.  Amended by Acts 1972, No. 20, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:11.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§11.1. Intervention in personal injury and worker's compensation suits

RS 11.1 - Intervention in personal injury and worker's compensation suits   A. The Louisiana Department of Health, on behalf of any of the general charity hospitals under the administration of said department, or the United States, on behalf of any veterans administration hospital in the state, or any military treatment facility, may intervene at any time prior to judgment in any personal injury suit or in any suit involving worker's compensation claims in which any of these hospitals has an interest, for the purpose of recovering the cost of drugs, X-rays, laboratory fees, surgical, medical, and other expenses of hospitalization and services rendered.   B. It is the intention of this Section that prescription shall not run against the intervention by the department or a veterans administration hospital, or any military treatment facility, in the state in any such suit in which any of them may have an interest until judgment has been rendered in the cause in the court of original jurisdiction or the prescriptive period provided by law for the cause of action has run, whichever is the later.   Acts 1958, No. 465, §§1, 2; Amended by Acts 1972, No. 20, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1983, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 1, §6; Acts 1991, No. 381, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§12. Prima facie truth of pleadings of hospitals

RS 12 - Prima facie truth of pleadings of hospitals  Whenever the pleadings filed on behalf of any charity hospital of this state or any veterans administration hospital in the state are accompanied by an affidavit of the director or any officer of the hospital or of the attorney designated to represent the hospital, that the facts as alleged are true to the best of the affiant's knowledge or belief, all of the facts alleged in the pleadings shall be accepted as prima facie true and as constituting a prima facie case, and the burden of proof to establish anything to the contrary shall rest wholly on the opposing party.  Amended by Acts 1972, No. 20, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§13. Persons liable for charges when patient comes within employer's liability laws

RS 13 - Persons liable for charges when patient comes within employer's liability laws  Where a patient in any of the state charity hospitals or in any veterans administration hospital in the state comes within the provisions of the employer's liability laws, the superintendent or the director may make appropriate charges for services rendered to the patient, in accordance with charges of other first class hospitals, including physicians' and surgeons' fees; and the patient, the employer of the patient, and the compensation insurer of the employer shall be liable therefor in solido. The superintendent or the director of the hospital shall give notice to the employer or the insurance company that the patient is being treated and that charges will be made therefor; provided that failure to give this notice shall not relieve the employer or the insurance company from liability when notice has been otherwise received.  Amended by Acts 1972, No. 20, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 46:14 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§14. Discouraging the abuse of state charity hospital aid

RS 14 - Discouraging the abuse of state charity hospital aid  The department may study abuse of state charity hospital aid, and may take necessary measures to discourage the abuse.  Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 46:15 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§15. Counsel for hospitals

RS 15 - Counsel for hospitals  The attorney general shall designate counsel to represent state hospitals in all claims and cases arising under this Chapter, and whenever so designated and a claim is placed in his hands the counsel shall be paid by the hospital a fee of twenty-five percent of the first five hundred dollars collected, twenty percent of the next five hundred dollars collected and fifteen percent of the excess of one thousand dollars collected, said fee to be paid out of any funds accruing to the hospital by reason of the claim or case.  Amended by Acts 1954, No. 720, §1; Acts 1962, No. 149, §1; Acts 1972, No. 20, §1; Acts 1976, No. 675, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:16 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§16. Sale or lease of state-owned facilities; procedure

RS 16 - Sale or lease of state-owned facilities; procedure   In the event that any state facility owned or operated by the Department of Children and Family Services or the Louisiana Department of Health or by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections should permanently cease operations or should permanently vacate the premises of one facility and move to the premises of another facility, the secretary of the appropriate department is hereby authorized to sell or lease to the highest bidder the property, buildings, and all other appurtenances of said state-owned facility which has been permanently closed or vacated. The respective secretary shall, when such facilities are offered for sale or lease, follow those procedures set forth in R.S. 41:131, et seq., relative to the sale of public land or R.S. 41:1211, et seq., relative to the lease of public land; provided however, the Joint Natural Resources Oversight Committee approves the proposed sale or lease.   Acts 1986, No. 859, §1; H.C.R. No. 59, 1999 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 46:17 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§17. Indigent defined; collection of charges by state-owned hospitals

RS 17 - Indigent defined; collection of charges by state-owned hospitals  A. As used in this Title, the following definition shall apply. "Indigent" means any person who meets the state definition of indigent who would have qualified for indigent care in any general hospital owned and operated by the state of Louisiana prior to arrest and who is housed in any parish or municipal jail or detention facility or state prison, shall be treated in the nearest general hospital owned and operated by the state of Louisiana. B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, neither the parish nor municipality shall be responsible for the cost of such services rendered in the state hospital. However, nothing contained herein shall preclude any such hospital from collecting or attempting to collect reasonable charges for treatment or services from those persons housed in any parish or municipal jail or detention facility or state prison considered to have the ability or resources to pay such costs.  C. No state agency or official, or other person acting on behalf of such agency or official, shall attempt to collect charges for treatment rendered in a state hospital to any parish or municipal jail inmate, from the parish or municipal governing authority for charges which accrue after July 17, 1991, when there are no third party payors responsible for the charges. However, the provisions of this Subsection shall not be construed so as to create or sustain a cause of action on behalf of any person or governmental subdivision to recover monies already paid for the treatment of such inmates.  Acts 1990, No. 315, §1, eff. July 9, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 618, §1, eff. July 17, 1991.