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ACT No. 699
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 206
BY REPRESENTATIVE GIROD JACKSON
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 42:1119(B)(2)(b)(ii) and to enact R.S. 42:1119(B)(2)(b)(iii),2
relative to nepotism; to remove certain restrictions relative to contracting with and3
employment of immediate family members by certain hospital service districts and4
hospital public trust authorities; to provide for recusal; and to provide for related5
matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 42:1119(B)(2)(b)(ii) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.8
42:1119(B)(2)(b)(iii) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 9
ยง1119. Nepotism10
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B.12
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(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection:14
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(b)16
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(ii) Any hospital service district in a parish with a population of between four18
hundred thousand and four hundred forty thousand persons as of the most recent19
federal decennial census or hospital public trust authority located in such a district20
may enter into an initial recruiting contract with or employ as a health care provider,21
a licensed physician, a registered nurse, or an allied health professional who is a22
member of the immediate family of any district board, authority, or parish governing23
authority member or of the chief executive of the district or authority provided that24
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it has been advertised for at least thirty days in the official journal of the parish and1
in all newspapers of general circulation in the parish where the hospital is located.2
The chief executive and any member of a board of a hospital service district or3
hospital public trust authority which enters into an initial recruiting contract with or4
employs such physician, registered nurse, or allied health professional shall recuse5
himself from any decision involving the promotion, discipline, discharge, or6
assignment of any such employee who is a member of his immediate family.7
(iii) In addition, no later than January thirtieth of each year, any chief8
executive and any member of a board of a hospital service district or hospital public9
trust authority whose immediate family member enters into an initial recruiting10
contract with or is employed by the hospital service district or hospital public trust11
authority pursuant to this Subparagraph shall file a disclosure statement with the12
Board of Ethics stating the facts of such employment. Any person who fails to13
timely file a disclosure statement under this Item may be assessed a late fee of fifty14
dollars per day, not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars, subject to the15
provisions of R.S. 42:1157.2.16
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not18
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature19
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If20
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become21
effective on the day following such approval.22
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: