HLS 18RS-340 ENGROSSED
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 296
BY REPRESENTATIVE ABRAMSON
HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides relative to the John J. Hainkel, Jr. Home and
Rehabilitation Center
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:16.3(C)(1), relative to the John J. Hainkel, Jr., Home and
3 Rehabilitation Center; to provide relative to services of the facility; to provide
4 relative to the terms and conditions of the lease document by which the facility is
5 leased; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:16.3(C)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง16.3. John J. Hainkel, Jr., Home and Rehabilitation Center; lease
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10 C. The secretary and the commissioner of administration shall be authorized
11 and empowered to execute the appropriate instrument or instruments, and any
12 corrections thereof, to effectuate the lease of the property described in Subsection A
13 of this Section. Additionally, the secretary and the commissioner of administration
14 shall hereby be authorized and empowered to negotiate such terms and conditions
15 in the lease document as may be necessary to ensure:
16 (1) That the facility shall continue to be named the "John J. Hainkel, Jr.,
17 Home and Rehabilitation Center" and operate as a long-term care facility that
18 provides nursing home level services, and that may provide adult day health care
19 services.
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are additions. HLS 18RS-340 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 296
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 296 Engrossed 2018 Regular Session Abramson
Abstract: Provides relative to services of the John J. Hainkel, Jr., Home and Rehabilitation
Center in New Orleans.
Present law authorizes the secretary of the La. Department of Health and the commissioner
of administration to negotiate terms and conditions of the lease of the state-owned John J.
Hainkel, Jr., Home and Rehabilitation Center in New Orleans.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that any lease document shall ensure that in
addition to continuing to operate as a long-term care facility that provides nursing home
level services, the facility may provide adult day health care services.
(Amends R.S. 40:16.3(C)(1))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.