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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 353
BY REPRESENTATIVE ARNOLD
DISTRICTS/HOSPITAL SERVC: Provides relative to the Parish Hospital Service District
for the parish of Orleans
AN ACT1
To reenact R.S. 46:1095(B)(1) and (C), relative to Orleans Parish; to provide relative to the2
Parish Hospital Service District for the parish of Orleans; to reenact provisions3
relative to the membership of the governing boards of the two areas of the district;4
and to provide for related matters.5
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published6
as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of7
Louisiana.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 46:1095(B)(1) and (C) are hereby reenacted to read as follows:10
ยง1095. Board of commissioners; membership; appointment; terms; compensation;11
removal12
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B. Each commission shall be composed as follows:14
(1) Seven members shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of the15
parish. Each commissioner shall demonstrate expertise in one or more of the16
following areas: medical litigation, fundraising and philanthropy, accounting,17
business development, indigent care, community relations, government relations,18
women's health, minority health, geriatric medicine, nursing, any other medical field,19
or consumer advocacy.20
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C.(1) The members serving pursuant to Paragraphs (B)(1) and (2) of this1
Section shall serve at the pleasure of the chief executive officer of the parish.2
(2) The members serving pursuant to Paragraphs (B)(3) through (7) of this3
Section shall serve during their terms of office.4
(3) Any vacancy in the membership of the commission occurring by reason5
of the expiration of term of office, death, resignation, disqualification, or otherwise6
shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment within thirty days of7
such vacancy. If the appointing authority fails to fill the vacancy within thirty days8
of such vacancy, the remaining members of the commission shall appoint an interim9
successor to serve on the commission until the position is filled by the appointing10
authority.11
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not13
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature14
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If15
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become16
effective on the day following such approval.17
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)]
Arnold HB No. 353
Abstract: Reenacts provisions relative to the members of the boards of commissioners of
the two areas of the Parish Hospital Service District for the parish of Orleans.
Present law (R.S. 46:1094) creates the Parish Hospital Service District for the parish of
Orleans. Provides for the district's boundaries to be coterminous with the parish boundaries
but divides the parish into two areas, each to be governed by a board of commissioners. The
two areas are: (a) Orleans Parish east of the Industrial Canal and (b) all of Orleans Parish
except the geographical areas east of the Industrial Canal and the area of Orleans Parish
bounded by Earhart Boulevard, Carrollton Avenue, Loyola Avenue, and Iberville Street.
Present law (R.S. 46:1095), relative to the boards of commissioners for each of the two
areas, provides that each board be comprised of 13 members: seven members appointed by
the parish chief executive officer; a consumer member appointed by the parish chief
executive officer, all eight of whom to serve at the pleasure of the parish chief executive
officer; and five specified ex officio members to serve during their terms in their respective
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Present law provides for filling vacancies in the membership of the commission in the same
manner as the original appointment.
Proposed law reenacts present law.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Reenacts R.S. 46:1095(B)(1) and (C))