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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 145
BY SENATOR MILLS
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 28:22.8(A) and 451.4(B) and to repeal R.S. 28:894(A)(5) and2
R.S. 36:259(C)(15), (17) through (20), (22), (25), and (26), relative to the3
Department of Health and Hospitals; to delete provisions related to certain supports4
and services centers and employment service programs no longer in existence; and5
to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 28:22.8(A) and 451.4(B) are hereby amended and reenacted to read8
as follows: 9
§22.8. State developmental centers 10
A. The names of the following state developmental centers for persons with11
developmental disabilities are designated as follows:12
(1) Greater New Orleans Supports and Services Center.13
(2) Bayou Region Supports and Services Center.14
(3)(1) Pinecrest Supports and Services Center.15
(4) Northeast Supports and Services Center.16
(5) Columbia Community Residential and Employment Services.17
(6) (2) Northwest Supports and Services Center.18
(7) Leesville Residential and Employment Services.19
(8) Acadiana Region Supports and Services Center.20
(9)(3) North Lake Supports and Services Center.21
(10) Acadiana Employment Services at Eunice.22
(11) Acadiana Employment Services at Opelousas.23
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§451.4. State developmental centers; office for citizens with developmental25
disabilities26
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B. Pinecrest Supports and Services Center, Northeast Supports and Services2
Center, Columbia Community Residential and Employment Services, Northwest3
Supports and Services Center, Leesville Residential and Employment Services,4
Acadiana Region Supports and Services Center, and North Lake Supports and5
Services Center, Greater New Orleans Supports and Services Center, Bayou Region6
Supports and Services Center, Acadiana Employment Services at Eunice, and7
Acadiana Employment Services at Opelousas are continued as administrative units8
of this office.9
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Section 2. R.S. 28:894(A)(5) is hereby repealed.11
Section 3. R.S. 36:259(C)(15), (17) through (20), (22), (25), and (26) are hereby12
repealed.13
Section 4. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not14
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature15
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If16
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become17
effective on the day following such approval.18
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: