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SB 144 Original 2026 Regular Session Allain
Present law authorizes the police juries of parishes to form and create one or more hospital service districts within the respective parishes.
Present law provides for the objects and purposes of the hospital service districts and their governing bodies, including cooperating with other public and private institutions and agencies engaged in providing hospital and other health services to residents of the district.
Proposed law adds cooperating with healthcare facilities that are engaged in providing hospital and other health services to the residents of the district as an object and purpose of the district.
Effective August 1, 2026.
(Amends R.S. 46:1052(5))