HLS 12RS-2186 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 1111
BY REPRESENTATIVE THIBAUT
RACING/HORSE: Describes hospital and medical benefits for permittees licensed to race
horses
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 4:183(C), relative to the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association;2
to describe benefits for permittees and employees; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 4:183(C) is hereby enacted to read as follows:5
ยง3183. Contract between licensees and permitees licensed to race horses at race6
meetings conducted in the state7
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C. For the purposes of this Section, "hospital and medical benefits" shall9
include but not be limited to reasonable medical, surgical, hospitalization, and10
physical rehabilitation, and dental and optical services, death benefits, drug and11
alcohol counseling, and other spiritual, mental, and psychological services provided12
for the welfare of permittees, their employees, and others. 13
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)]
Thibaut HB No. 1111
Abstract: Clarifies the hospital and medical benefits provided by the Horsemen's
Benevolent and Protective Association to permittees and their employees.
Present law provides for the distribution of monies from horse racing for purses to and
benefits from the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA) to permittees
licensed to race horses in the state. Provides that the distribution of those monies by HBPA
be for the use and benefit of permittees, their employees and others for hospital and medical
benefits, and for the administrative expenses in providing these benefits. HLS 12RS-2186 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 1111
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Proposed law retains present law and provides that "hospital and medical benefits" include
but are not limited to reasonable medical, surgical, hospitalization, physical rehabilitation
and dental and optical services, death benefits, drug and alcohol counseling, and other
spiritual, mental, and psychological services provided for the welfare of permittees, their
employees, and others.
(Adds R.S. 4:183(C))