Tim Burns HCR No. 170
Directs each state agency, prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule, including
any emergency rule, to consider specified effects on a provider and to issue a provider impact
statement. Provides that the statement contain the following considerations regarding the
proposed rule:
(1)The effect on the staffing level requirements or qualifications required to provide the
same level of service.
(2)The total direct and indirect effect on the cost to the provider to provide the same
level of service.
(3)The overall effect on the ability of the provider to provide the same level of service.
Requires the state agency to include such statement in its notice of intent, to send such
statement on emergency rules to the speaker of the House of Representatives and the
president of the Senate, and to keep the statement as a public record.
Defines "provider" as an organization that provides services for individuals with
developmental disabilities and "state agency" as each state board, commission, department,
agency, officer, or other entity which makes rules, regulations, or policy, or formulates, or
issues decisions or orders pursuant to, or as directed by, or in implementation of the
constitution or laws of the U.S. or the constitution and statutes of La., except the legislature
or any branch, committee, or officer thereof; any political subdivision, as defined in Art. VI,
ยง44 of the Constitution of La., and any board, commission, department, agency, officer, or
other entity thereof; and the courts.