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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 48
BY SENATOR MILLS
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To commend Mary Julia S. Terrebonne upon her retirement from the Louisiana Department
of Health and Hospitals.
WHEREAS, Mrs. Terrebonne is a native of Thibodaux and grew up in Cut Off,
Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, in 1974, she graduated from South Lafourche High School in Galliano,
Louisiana, and in 1979, she was a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, School
of Pharmacy and remains a licensed pharmacist; and
WHEREAS, fondly known to friends and family as "MJ" she married Charles
"Chuck" Terrebonne on May 3, 1980; and
WHEREAS, she and her husband have two sons, Marcel and Charles II "Chase"
Terrebonne; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Terrebonne has provided years of outstanding service and
dedication to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals; and
WHEREAS, she developed and administered the statewide Medicaid pharmacy
program, known as the Louisiana Medicaid Pharmacy Benefits Management System; and
WHEREAS, she provided the department with dedicated service that has resulted in
the availability and accessibility of over eleven million prescription services and in excess
of four hundred and seventy million dollars in net expenditures to approximately nine
hundred thousand Medicaid recipients annually; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Terrebonne served the Louisiana Medicaid program for over
twenty-nine years and due to her tireless energy, efforts and innovative ideas, she was
selected to be the Louisiana pharmacy program director; and
WHEREAS, her leadership was essential to the administration of an exemplary
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WHEREAS, in recent years, Mrs. Terrebonne was instrumental in the
implementation and administration of numerous Medicaid drug program cost containment
measures, such as the Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee, state supplemental drug
rebate system, prescription drug prior authorization system, and recipient monthly
prescription limits, without compromising the program's effectiveness and integrity; and
WHEREAS, she has dedicated her life to bettering the health and welfare of the
citizens of Louisiana, and has touched so many who have had the privilege to learn from,
work with, and know her; and
WHEREAS, upon her retirement, Mrs. Terrebonne is looking forward to relaxing,
enjoying life and creating new memories with her husband, sons, family and friends.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and extend gratitude to Mrs. Mary Julia "MJ" S. Terrebonne for her outstanding
service and over twenty-nine years to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Mrs.
Mary Julia "MJ" S. Terrebonne.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES