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2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 155
BY REPRESENTATIVE CORMIER
APPROPRIATIONS/GENERAL: Provides appropriation for the Board of Regents for
Fiscal Year 2021-2022 to purchase certain chest compression devices
1 AN ACT
2To appropriate monies out of the state general fund for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 to be used by
3 the Board of Regents to purchase certain healthcare equipment; to provide
4 requirements for such equipment; to provide for allocation and use of such
5 equipment; to provide requirements for recipients of such equipment; to authorize
6 the commissioner of administration to reduce certain appropriations in conformity
7 with the provisions of this Act; to provide an effective date; and to provide for
8 related matters.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. The sum of Two Hundred Twenty Thousand and No/100 ($220,000)
11Dollars is hereby payable out of the State General Fund (Direct) for Fiscal Year 2021-2022
12to the Board of Regents for the purchase of eleven chest compression devices each of which
13shall be capable of performing a fifty percent compression-decompression duty cycle.
14Devices procured by the Board of Regents pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be
15used to supply each of the following post-secondary education institutions with such a
16device:
17(1)Grambling State University.
18(2)Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.
19(3)Louisiana Tech University.
20(4)McNeese State University.
21(5)Nicholls State University.
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1(6)Northwestern State University.
2(7)Southeastern Louisiana University.
3(8)Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.
4(9)University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
5(10)University of Louisiana at Monroe.
6(11)University of New Orleans.
7Each institution shall maintain the device at athletic training offices or facilities on its
8campus for the purpose of the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for
9individuals suffering from cardiac arrest. Athletic staff shall transport the device to athletic
10events designated as "home games" on the institution's campus. If more than one athletic
11event occurs simultaneously, staff shall transport the device to the event where the greater
12number of people is likely to be present.
13 Section 2. The commissioner of administration is hereby authorized and directed to
14adjust the means of financing for Medical Vendor Payments (09-306) in the Payments to
15Private Providers Program within the Louisiana Department of Health by reducing the
16appropriation out of State General Fund (Direct) for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 by the sum of
17Two Hundred Twenty Thousand and No/100 ($220,000) Dollars.
18 Section 3. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2021; if vetoed by the governor
19and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,
202021, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
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)]
HB 155 Original 2021 Regular Session Cormier
Appropriates from the State General Fund (Direct) for FY 2021-2022 the sum of $220,000
payable to the Board of Regents for the purchase of 11 chest compression devices each of
which shall be capable of performing a fifty percent compression-decompression duty cycle.
Requires devices purchased pursuant to proposed law to be distributed to the following post-
secondary education institutions:
(1)Grambling State University.
(2)Louisiana State University.
(3)Louisiana Tech University.
(4)McNeese State University.
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(5)Nicholls State University.
(6)Northwestern State University.
(7)Southeastern Louisiana University.
(8)Southern University.
(9)University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
(10)University of Louisiana at Monroe.
(11)University of New Orleans.
Further requires each institution that receives a device to maintain the device at its athletic
training offices or facilities on its campus. Requires athletic staff to transport the device to
"home games" on the institution's campus. Establishes procedures for the event that more
than one "home game" is occurring simultaneously on campus.
Proposed law further directs the commissioner of administration to reduce the appropriation
out of State General Fund (Direct) for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 for Medical Vendor Payments
(09-306) in the Payments to Private Providers Program within the Louisiana Department of
Health by reducing the Medical Vendor Payments total appropriation by the sum of
$220,000.
Effective July 1, 2021.
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