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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 158
BY REPRESENTATIVE SIMON
HEALTH/SPINAL CORD DYS: Provides relative to the definition of spinal cord injury
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 46:2632(4), relative to the Traumatic Head and Spinal Cord2
Injury Trust Fund; to amend the definition of spinal cord injury for the purposes of3
the Traumatic Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 46:2632(4) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง2632. Definitions8
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following9
meanings:10
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(4) "Spinal cord injury" means an insult to the spinal cord, not of a12
degenerative or congenital nature, but caused by an external physical force resulting13
in paraplegia or quadriplegia. evidence of significant involvement of at least two of14
the following deficits or dysfunctions:15
(a) Motor deficit.16
(b) Sensory deficit.17
(c) Bowel and bladder dysfunction.18
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HB NO. 158
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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)]
Simon HB No. 158
Abstract: Amends the definition of spinal cord injury for the purposes of the Traumatic
Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund.
Present law defines "spinal cord injury", for the purposes of the Traumatic Head and Spinal
Cord Injury Trust Fund, as an insult to the spinal cord, not of a degenerative or congenital
nature, but caused by an external physical force resulting in paraplegia or quadriplegia.
Proposed law defines "spinal cord injury" as an insult to the spinal cord, not of a
degenerative or congenital nature, but caused by an external physical force resulting in
evidence of significant involvement of at least two of the following deficits or dysfunctions:
(1)Motor deficit.
(2)Sensory deficit.
(3)Bowel and bladder dysfunction.
(Amends R.S. 46:2632(4))