SLS 10RS-245 ORIGINAL
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 428
BY SENATOR DONAHUE
HEALTH SERVICES. Authorizes the LSU Health Sciences Center to maximize the use of
affiliation agreements with other hospitals in order to maximize the use of Medicare
graduate medical education monies. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:1519.18, relative to the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center;2
to provide for the use of affiliation agreements which seek to maximize the use of3
Medicare graduate medical education financing; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 17:1519.18 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง1519.18. Affiliation agreements for Medicare graduate medical education7
The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center shall be8
authorized to execute graduate medical education affiliation agreements with9
hospitals which maintain a high utilization rate of Medicare patients in an effort10
to maximize the use of Medicare graduate medical education financing.11 SB NO. 428
SLS 10RS-245 ORIGINAL
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Greg Waddell.
DIGEST
Proposed law authorizes LSU-HSC to execute graduate medical education affiliation
agreements with hospitals which maintain a high utilization rate of Medicare patients in an
effort to maximize the use of Medicare graduate medical education financing.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Adds R.S. 17:1519.18)