HLS 22RS-811 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 383
BY REPRESENTATIVE TURNER
FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides with respect to the Health Care Employment Reinvestment
Opportunity (H.E.R.O.) Fund
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3050.11(C)(1), relative to the Health Care Employment
3 Reinvestment Opportunity (H.E.R.O.) Fund; to provide for the use of monies in the
4 fund; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 17:3050.11(C)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7follows:
8 ยง3050.11. Health Care Employment Reinvestment Opportunity (H.E.R.O.) Fund
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10 C.(1) Subject to legislative appropriation and the approval of the Board of
11 Regents, the Louisiana Health Works Commission is hereby authorized and directed
12 to determine how monies in the fund are allocated and expended through a
13 multi-year multiple year plan, solely and exclusively for the following purposes and
14 in the following priorities:
15 (a) Meet the current and growing employment demands for nursing and
16 allied health professionals by increasing the capacity of nursing and allied health
17 training programs through by supporting initiatives such as increasing faculty
18 positions and clinical preceptors in nursing and allied health schools.
19 (b) Support the nursing and allied health professions by providing incentives
20 that financially support student financial stipends and tuition forgiveness contingent
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HB NO. 383
1 upon employment in Louisiana health care facilities or nursing or allied health
2 schools.
3 (c) Provide incentives for nursing and allied health care professionals to
4 practice in Louisiana, with an emphasis on medically underserved areas of the state.
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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 383 Original 2022 Regular Session Turner
Abstract: Makes technical changes to the H.E.R.O. Fund.
Present law establishes the Health Care Employment Reinvestment Opportunity (H.E.R.O.)
Fund as a special fund in the state treasury and provides that monies in the fund shall consist
of legislative appropriations and grants and donations.
Present law provides that subject to legislative appropriation and the approval of the Board
of Regents, the La. Health Works Commission is directed to determine how monies in the
fund are allocated and expended through a multi-year plan to be expended solely and
exclusively for the following purposes and in the following priorities:
(1)Meet the current and growing employment demands for nursing and allied health
professionals by increasing the capacity of nursing and allied health training
programs through supporting initiatives such as increasing faculty positions and
clinical preceptors in nursing and allied health schools.
(2)Support the nursing and allied health professions by providing incentives that
financially support student financial stipends and tuition forgiveness contingent upon
employment in Louisiana health care facilities or nursing or allied health schools.
(3)Provide incentives for nursing and allied health care professionals to practice in
Louisiana with an emphasis on medically underserved areas of the state.
Present law requires the La. Health Works Commission to submit the fund allocation plan
to the Board of Regents on or before October first of each year.
Proposed law makes technical changes to present law.
(Amends R.S. 17:3050.11(C)(1))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.