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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 456
BY SENATOR ALLAIN
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 42:1119(B)(2)(b)(i), relative to the Code of Governmental2
Ethics; to provide for the applicability of the nepotism provisions to hospital service3
districts; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 42:1119(B)(2)(b)(i) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
follows: 7
ยง1119. Nepotism8
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(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection:11
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(b)(i) Any hospital service district with a population of one hundred thousand13
persons or less as of the most recent federal decennial census or hospital public trust14
authority located in such a district may enter into an initial recruiting contract with15
or employ as a health care provider, a licensed physician, a registered nurse, or an16
allied health professional who is a member of the immediate family of any district17
board, authority, or parish governing authority member or of the chief executive of18
the district or authority provided that such family member is the only qualified19
applicant who has applied for the position after it has been advertised for at least20
thirty days in the official journal of the parish and in all newspapers of general21
circulation in the parish where the hospital is located. The chief executive and any22
member of a board of a hospital service district or hospital public trust authority23
which enters into an initial recruiting contract with or employs such physician,24
registered nurse, or allied health professional shall recuse himself from any decision25
involving the promotion, discipline, discharge, or assignment of any such employee26
who is a member of his immediate family.27
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not2
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature3
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If4
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become5
effective on the day following such approval.6
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: