Requests the Board of Regents to conduct a study of two-year college services offered in northeast Louisiana and determine how best to meet both the educational needs of students and workforce development needs of business and industry in the region.
Creates the Tax Structure and Governmental Program Review Commission to study the tax structure, including tax laws and related exemptions, exclusion, and credits, and governmental programs and operations in Louisiana.
Requests the United State Army Corps of Engineers and the United States Coast Guard to gather information learned during the 2011 Mississippi River floods and update plans for future flooding conditions on the river.
Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to study possible methods which would increase the provision of graduate medical education in central Louisiana by designating certain hospitals which enter into public/private partnerships with Huey P. Long Medical Center as major teaching hospitals for purposes of Medicaid reimbursement.
Requests the UNO administration to suspend the reclassification process with the NCAA and remain in Division I until an independent review of such reclassification is conducted and a recommendation is made to its management board.
Directs the division of administration to immediately release to members of the legislature any report generated by Chaffe and Associates, Inc., relative to the financial analysis and possible privatization of the Office of Group Benefits.
Commends the Martha Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star in honor of their annual Grand Session to be held on June 26-30, 2011, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Requests the Board of Regents to conduct a study of two-year college services offered in the greater south central Louisiana area and determine how best to meet both the educational needs of students and workforce development needs of business and industry in the area.