HLS 10RS-848 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 582
BY REPRESENTATIVE BALDONE
HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides exceptions to the requirement for state agencies
to purchase prostheses, orthoses, and related services only from an accredited facility
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 39:1659 and 40:1300.281(F), relative to prosthetic and orthotic2
services; to provide for exceptions; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 39:1659 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 5
§1659. Purchase of prostheses, orthoses, prosthetic services, and orthotic services6
by a state agency from an accredited facility7
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, regulations8
promulgated by the commissioner of administration or other purchasing entity9
governing the purchase of prostheses, orthoses, prosthetic services, or orthotic10
services shall require that such services shall only be purchased from an accredited11
facility as provided in R.S. 40:1300.281. However; however, nothing in this Section12
shall prohibit a licensed occupational therapist or a licensed physical therapist from13
practicing within his scope of practice. In addition, the provisions of this Section14
shall not apply to a licensed optometrist, or ophthalmologist, podiatrist, or15
orthopedist.16 HLS 10RS-848 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 582
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Section 2. R.S. 40:1300.281(F) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:1
§1300.281. Purchase of prostheses, orthoses, prosthetic services, and orthotic2
services by a state agency from an accredited facility; Medicaid3
reimbursement; definitions; penalties4
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F. Nothing in this Part shall prohibit a licensed occupational therapist or a6
licensed physical therapist from practicing within his scope of practice. In addition,7
the provisions of this Part shall not apply to a licensed optometrist , or8
ophthalmologist, podiatrist, or orthopedist.9
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)]
Baldone HB No. 582
Abstract: Excludes podiatrists and orthopedists from certain requirements relative to the
state purchase of prostheses, orthoses, and related services from accredited facilities.
Present law provides that licensed optometrists and ophthalmologists are excluded from the
requirement that a state agency shall only purchase prostheses, orthoses, prosthetic services,
or orthotic services from an accredited facility.
Proposed law retains present law and adds podiatrists and orthopedists to the list of those
professionals who are excluded from this requirement.
(Amends R.S. 39:1659 and R.S. 40:1300.281(F))