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LA Rev Stat § 46:1153 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1153. Eligibility for scholarship

RS 1153 - Eligibility for scholarship  Any United States citizen and resident of the state, who is admitted to a school for training in, or is engaged in the study of an allied health profession at a school accredited for training in an allied health profession in the United States, or who is engaged in an internship or residency program within the United States, and who intends to work in an allied health profession in an area where there is a shortage of such allied health professionals shall be eligible to apply to the board in the area in which the applicant resides or once resided for a scholarship in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. Such application shall be in writing and in such form as the board may require. It shall contain the written statement of the applicant that he intends to work in an allied health profession in the area if he is selected to receive a scholarship.  Acts 1991, No. 318, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1154 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1154. Application consideration; evaluation

RS 1154 - Application consideration; evaluation  The board shall receive, consider, evaluate, and allow or disallow all applications for scholarships made by eligible applicants. The board shall make careful and full investigation of the ability and qualifications of each applicant. The board shall ensure that no discrimination occurs on the basis of race, creed, sex, age, or ethnic origin. The board shall establish and publish rules on the selection process of the recipient which shall preclude the appearance of and the possibility of nepotism. The board shall notify each applicant selected to receive a scholarship of his selection and shall also notify the dean of the school or office of financial assistance at the school where the student is registered. Acts 1991, No. 318, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1155 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1155. Funds disbursement for scholarships

RS 1155 - Funds disbursement for scholarships  Funds for the scholarship awarded as herein provided shall be forwarded by the board to the dean of the school to which the recipient has been admitted or is enrolled upon the warrant of the dean or chief fiscal administrator for the amount fixed in the warrant and shall be payable to the scholarship recipient designated thereon. Such warrant, upon presentation, shall be paid by the board out of funds budgeted by the board for the purpose.  Acts 1991, No. 318, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1156 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1156. Contract for scholarship; contingent

RS 1156 - Contract for scholarship; contingent  Any applicant selected by the board to receive a scholarship shall enter into a contract with the board, which shall be deemed a contract formed within the state, agreeing to the terms and conditions upon which the scholarship shall be granted to the applicant. The contract shall include such terms and provisions as will execute the full purpose and intent of this scholarship program, including the purpose of providing allied health professionals who will work within an area. The chairman of the board of commissioners shall sign the contract, the vice-chairman of the board shall countersign it, and the applicant shall likewise sign it. The board shall preserve and maintain the contract until such time as the terms thereof are met and satisfied. A duplicate copy shall be transmitted to the applicant.  Acts 1991, No. 318, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1157 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1157. Return to practice; area designated; notification

RS 1157 - Return to practice; area designated; notification  A. Within such time after the applicant has completed school as the board shall provide by regulation, the scholarship recipient shall return to the area to begin full-time employment at the hospital or in an area designated by the board prior to the return. For each one thousand dollars of scholarship monies received from the hospital, the recipient shall be obligated to work full time for a period of six months up to a total not to exceed thirty-six months of full time work as consideration for the scholarship awarded.  B. The board of commissioners shall inform the recipient of the designated area to be served by him one hundred twenty days prior to the time the recipient is to commence practice in such area.  Acts 1991, No. 318, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1158 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1158. Failure to comply; remittance

RS 1158 - Failure to comply; remittance  A. If the recipient fails to comply fully with any condition as provided for by or provided pursuant to this Chapter, the recipient shall remit to the board that amount which bears the same ratio to the aggregate of the amount of the scholarship awarded as the number of months that the recipient failed to comply with this condition bears to the number of months he was obligated to comply. The amount shall be computed together with interest at the legal rate, such interest to be computed from the date on which the recipient completed professional training, and active military service, if any. Such repayment shall be completed within six years from the date at which the scholarship began to draw interest.  B. The permanent withdrawal or dismissal of a recipient from school, internship, or residency shall forfeit immediately the right of the recipient to retain the scholarship; the scholarship shall begin to bear interest at that time, and repayment shall be made to the board and completed within six years.  C. Any recipient of a scholarship who fails to return to the area designated by the board upon completion of training shall begin repayment of the scholarship, with interest, within one year after completion of medical training. Repayments shall be made to the board and completed within six years.  Acts 1991, No. 318, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1159 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1159. Waiver; suspension of obligation

RS 1159 - Waiver; suspension of obligation  The board shall arrange for waiver or suspension of any financial obligation where compliance would involve extreme or unusual hardship. Acts 1991, No. 318, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1160 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1160. Repayment not required

RS 1160 - Repayment not required  Should appropriate full time positions not be available within the area and the hospital be unable to offer the scholarship recipient full-time employment within twelve months of completion of his training, the scholarship shall be considered paid in full. No payment on the principal of the scholarship, or the interest, shall be required while the recipient is enrolled in school.  Acts 1991, No. 318, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1161 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1161. Suit for default

RS 1161 - Suit for default  Upon default of payment of the scholarship as provided herein, the board shall turn the matter over to the attorney general or any parish or district attorney acting for the board for prosecution and suit for the amount due, in the parish of the domicile of the recipient, the parish in which the school at which the recipient was last enrolled is located, or the parish of East Baton Rouge.  Acts 1991, No. 318, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1162 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1162. Audit by legislative auditor

RS 1162 - Audit by legislative auditor  All transactions shall be subject to audit by the legislative auditor.  Acts 1991, No. 318, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1191 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1191. Legislative intent

RS 1191 - Legislative intent  It is the intent of the legislature to allow the governing authority of the parish or the governing authorities of parishes that are located within the Louisiana Department of Health's Region IV, upon their own initiative, to form and create a healthcare service district to support the provision of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services within the Louisiana Department of Health's Region IV.  Acts 2012, No. 857, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1192 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1192. Definitions

RS 1192 - Definitions  As used in this Chapter and unless the context clearly requires otherwise:  (1) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.  (2) "District" means the healthcare service district authorized in this Chapter.  (3) "Governing board" means the governing board of the healthcare service district.  (4) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.  Acts 2012, No. 857, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1193 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1193. Authority

RS 1193 - Authority The governing authority of a parish or the governing authorities of the parishes that are located within the department's Region IV, upon their own initiative, are hereby authorized and empowered to form and create a healthcare service district. Acts 2012, No. 857, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1194 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1194. Purpose

RS 1194 - Purpose  The purpose of the healthcare service district and the governing board created pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall be:  (1) To identify local public sources of revenue or expenditure that may be used by the department as state match to draw down federal matching funds for the provision of healthcare services for the low-income and uninsured population of the district. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the district or governing board shall have no authority or governance of the hospital service districts and shall have no authority to collect or cause to be collected any hospital service district monies, funds, or assets.  (2) To participate, so far as circumstances may warrant, in any activity designed and conducted to promote the general health of the community.  (3) To promote and support graduate medical education activities in the respective communities.  (4) To cooperate with other institutions and agencies engaged in providing hospital and outpatient health services to residents of the district for the purpose of improving access to care for residents of the district.  Acts 2012, No. 857, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1195 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1195. Powers and duties of governing board

RS 1195 - Powers and duties of governing board  A. In addition to the duties defined elsewhere in this Chapter, the governing board shall have the duty and authority:  (1) To represent the public interest in supporting healthcare services in the district.  (2) To advise on issues concerning the provision of healthcare services for the low-income and uninsured population of the district.   (3) To conduct public hearings and share public input on the community's priorities for the provision of healthcare services in the district.  (4) To appoint the necessary standing and special committees that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.  (5) To enter into contracts, agreements, or cooperative endeavors with the state and its political subdivisions and with any public or private association, corporation, business entity or person to promote the public purposes of the district.  B. The secretary of the department shall review each such agreement, including a plan for the use of state Medicaid and disproportionate share dollars. If the secretary finds that the agreement and plans are sufficient to support medical care for the low-income and uninsured population of the district and the funds are eligible for federal matching funds to be reimbursed, he shall verify that finding to the governing board.  C. The governing board shall collect or cause to be collected all public monies identified by the district as available for the purpose of serving as state match for federal matching funds to ensure the provision of healthcare services delivered for the low-income and uninsured population of the district.  D. The department shall make available for reimbursement these local and federally matched funds to the designated providers in the district to ensure the continued provision of healthcare services for the low-income and uninsured population of the district.  E. Neither the division of administration nor the department shall displace, replace, or supplant state appropriations from the state general fund or other state funds designated for the district.  F. The governing board shall submit any reports or information related to the healthcare service district to the secretary of the department or the Senate and House committees on health and welfare upon request of the secretary or the chairman of either committee.  Acts 2012, No. 857, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1196 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1196. Governing board; membership; appointment; terms; compensation

RS 1196 - Governing board; membership; appointment; terms; compensation  A.(1) For a district created pursuant to this Chapter, the district shall be governed by a governing board.  (2) The governing board shall be comprised of the following members:  (a) The president of each parish governing authority within the department's Region IV, or his designee.  (b) The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, or his designee.  (c) The executive director of the Louisiana Hospital Association, or his designee.  (d) The executive director of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, or his designee.  (e) The hospital administrator for University Medical Center, or his designee.  B. All appointees shall serve terms of three years. No board member shall serve more than two three-year consecutive terms.  C. A vacancy on a governing board shall be filled in the same manner as required for the original appointment.  D. Each governing board member shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses and mileage at the same rate set by the division of administration for state employees for each day in actual attendance at governing board meetings or for representing the governing board in an official governing board-approved activity.  E. The chairman shall be elected by a majority vote of the governing board. The term of the chairman shall be established under the governing board's bylaws.  F. The governing board shall adopt bylaws to provide for its governance within ninety days of being established. Such bylaws shall include but not be limited to:  (1) Procedures for the election of governing board officers, including terms of office and methods and grounds for removal. Governing board officers shall include, at a minimum, a chairman, treasurer, and secretary.  (2) Procedures and grounds for the removal of any governing board member. Grounds for removal shall include the conviction of a felony. Grounds for removal may include failure to meet board attendance requirements, as provided in the bylaws.  G. All governing board members of the district shall be subject to the Code of Governmental Ethics. No member of the governing board or of his immediate family shall own or have any interest in any public or private organization, business, company, or entity conducting business of any kind with the district. The prohibition provided for in this Subsection shall not prohibit members of the governing board from having contracts or employment agreements with healthcare institutions or organizations whose purpose is directly related to health care.  Acts 2012, No. 857, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1251 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1251. Juvenile probation; parole and intake services

RS 1251 - Juvenile probation; parole and intake services   A. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall provide a minimum basic juvenile probation and parole service to any court of the state with juvenile jurisdiction upon request of the court and may provide a minimum basic juvenile intake service to any district attorney of the state upon request of the district attorney.  B. The intake service provided hereunder shall be limited to examining and evaluating complaints that a child is a delinquent or is a child in need of supervision and advising the district attorney whether the best interests of the child would be served by the initiation of proceedings under the Children's Code, the signing of an informal adjustment agreement, referral to the Department of Children and Family Services, referral to a public or private agency for assistance, or any other legally permissible course of action. The personnel assigned to perform these duties shall not assume any prosecutorial functions except for the filing of a petition as authorized by the Children's Code.  Added by Acts 1952, No. 118, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1982, No. 541, §1; Acts 1984, No. 567, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 965, §2; Acts 1986, No. 332, §1; Acts 1991, No. 467, §3; Acts 2021, No. 158, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1252 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1252. Repealed by Acts 1972, No. 682, §2

RS 1252 - Repealed by Acts 1972, No. 682, §2
LA Rev Stat § 46:1253 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1253. Duties

RS 1253 - Duties  It shall be the duty of the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to:  (1) Define and set up a minimum basic juvenile probation and parole service to the courts and a minimum basic juvenile intake service to the district attorneys.  (2) Devise appropriate forms, develop policies and procedures, and to set up standards for the statewide services to be rendered to the courts and district attorneys upon request.  (3) Effect the purposes of this Chapter by long-range planning for the improvement of services rendered to the courts and district attorneys under the provisions thereof.  Added by Acts 1952, No. 118, §3. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 682, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1982, No. 541, §1; Acts 1984, No. 567, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 965, §2; Acts 1986, No. 332, §1; Acts 1988, No. 607, §2, eff. July 14, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1254 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1254. Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 541, §3

RS 1254 - Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 541, §3
LA Rev Stat § 46:1255 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1255. Funds

RS 1255 - Funds  The Department of Public Safety and Corrections is hereby authorized to expend whatever funds that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter.  Added by Acts 1952, No. 118, §5. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1984, No. 567, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 965, §2; Acts 1988, No. 607, §2, eff. July 14, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1256 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1256. Additional personnel

RS 1256 - Additional personnel  Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as preventing a court or district attorney from employing personnel in addition to that furnished by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.  Added by Acts 1952, No. 118, §6. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1982, No. 541, §1; Acts 1984, No. 567, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 965, §2; Acts 1988, No. 607, §2, eff. July 14, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1257 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1257. Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 613, §1.

RS 1257 - Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 613, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1258 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1258. Referrals from federal government

RS 1258 - Referrals from federal government  A.(1) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall serve as agent of the state in entering into agreements with the appropriate agency of the federal government to provide care and treatment for a child found by a federal court to be delinquent and committed to the custody of the attorney general of the United States pursuant to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 5031 through 18 U.S.C. 5037.  (2) Any such agreement shall be upon such terms and conditions and shall provide for such compensation as may be mutually agreed upon between the department and the appropriate agency of the federal government.  B. Funds received as compensation under any such agreement shall be placed in the state treasury in a special fund to the credit of the department and shall be subject to withdrawal by the department for use by it in carrying out the purposes of this Chapter.  Acts 1984, No. 567, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 965, §2; Acts 1988, No. 607, §2, eff. July 14, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1259 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1259. Restrictions on use of records

RS 1259 - Restrictions on use of records   A. With respect to any child for whom care and treatment services are either directly or indirectly provided by the department pursuant to this Chapter to a child alleged or found to be delinquent or in need of supervision, it shall be unlawful, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of this Chapter or upon the consent of such child or the attorney for such child, or upon the specific order of the court pursuant to the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Arts. 317.1 and 875 and R.S. 13:1564 through R.S. 13:1724 for any individual agency, organization, or facility to knowingly solicit, disclose, receive, or make use of, or authorize, permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the use of any information in or derived from such child's legal, social, medical, or psychological records, or obtained, directly or indirectly, from the records, papers, files, or communication by or to the department or any individual, agency, organization, or facility utilized by the department for the provision of such care and treatment services for such child.   B. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the interchange of records, reports, or any other information among the various offices of the Department of Children and Family Services and the Louisiana Department of Health and among the various personnel thereof. Additionally, nothing in this Section shall prohibit any judge serving as judge of a juvenile court from access to all of the records of any child before that court.   Acts 1984, No. 567, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 965, §2; Acts 1988, No. 607, §2, eff. July 14, 1988; H.C.R. No. 59, 1999 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1302 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1302. §§1302 to 1304 Repealed by Acts 1958, No. 35, §2

RS 1302 - §§1302 to 1304 Repealed by Acts 1958, No. 35, §2
LA Rev Stat § 46:1351 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1351. Short title

RS 1351 - Short title  This Chapter may be cited as the "Runaway and Homeless Youth Law".  Acts 1989, No. 803, §1, eff. July 11, 1989.