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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 380
BY REPRESENTATIVE HUTTER
HOSPITALS: Provides for the definition of "rural hospital"
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1300.143(7)(a)(xiii)(introductory paragraph), relative to the2
Rural Hospital Preservation Act; to provide for the definition of certain rural3
hospitals; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 40:1300.143(7)(a)(xiii)(introductory paragraph) is hereby amended6
and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง1300.143. Definitions8
As used in this Part:9
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(7)(a) "Rural hospital" means a hospital licensed by the department which11
meets one of the following criteria:12
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(xiii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraphs (7)(c) and (d) of this14
Section, has no more than sixty hospital beds as of November 1, 2010 2013, and:15
(aa) Is located, as measured by the 2000 census, in a municipality with a16
population of less than thirty-three thousand.17
(bb) Is located, as measured by the 2000 census, in a parish with a18
population of less than sixty-eight thousand.19
(cc) Is located within three miles of Jackson Barracks.20
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Hutter HB No. 380
Abstract: Establishes the criteria for a hospital located in a municipality with population
of less than 33,000, in a parish of less than 68,000, and within three miles of Jackson
Barracks to be designated as a "rural hospital".
Present law provides that a hospital located in a municipality with population of less than
33,000, in a parish of less than 68,000, and within three miles of Jackson Barracks must have
no more than 60 hospital beds as of Nov. 1, 2010, to be designated as a "rural hospital".
Proposed law provides that a hospital in the specified location must have no more than 60
beds as of Nov. 1, 2013, in order to be designated as a "rural hospital". Proposed law
changes the date by which the hospital's number of beds must be measured to meet the "rural
hospital" standard from Nov. 1, 2010, to Nov. 1, 2013.
(Amends R.S. 40:1300.143(7)(a)(xiii)(intro. para.))