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ACT No. 185
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 296
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 39:197(1) and 200(F), relative to data processing procurement;2
to provide for definitions; to provide for contract forms; and to provide for related3
matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 39:197(1) and 200(F) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
follows: 7
§197. Definitions8
For the purposes of this Part, the following words and phrases shall be9
defined as follows:10
(1) "Related services" mean and are means and is limited to service activities11
affecting the maintenance of data processing equipment or software and the12
providing of fiscal intermediary services in processing claims of health care13
providers. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, "related14
services" shall also mean those consulting services ancillary to the procurement of15
data processing hardware or software that would otherwise be governed by the16
provisions of professional, personal, consulting, and social services procurement in17
Chapter 16 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, provided those18
consulting services are limited to the lesser of twenty percent of the procurement19
amount or two hundred fifty thousand dollars.20
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§200. General provisions22
The following general provisions shall apply to all procurements under this23
Part:24
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F. Contract form. No contracts entered into hereunder shall be on preprinted1
contract forms supplied by a vendor , unless otherwise approved by the director of2
state purchasing.3
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: