Abolishes the Louisiana Rice Research Board and the Louisiana Rice Promotion Board and creates the Louisiana Rice Promotion and Research Board. (8/01/16)
Provides for mandatory meetings of the Health and Social Services Estimating Conference for purposes of developing budget recommendations for the Medicaid program. (8/1/16) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Requires the Board of Regents to conduct a comprehensive review of the postsecondary needs of the state and each of its regions. (See Act) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Designates the interchange of I-10 (Exit 54) with LA 99 in Welsh, LA, as the "SP4 Donald C. Gillett Memorial Interchange" and a portion of LA 14 on Abbeville, LA as a Blue Star Memorial Highway. (8/1/16) (EN +$6,676 SD EX See Note)