HLS 22RS-995 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 573
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCCORMICK
HEALTH/LDH: Provides for the prohibition of marketing to minors for medical products,
procedures, and pharmaceuticals from state agencies
1 AN ACT
2To enact Subpart C of Part V of Chapter 5-A of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes
3 of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 40:1079.21, relative to the prohibition of marketing
4 to minors; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Subpart C of Part V of Chapter 5-A of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised
7Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 40:1079.21, is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 SUBPART C. PROTECTION OF MINORS FROM MEDICAL COERCION
9 ยง1079.21. Direct marketing to minors
10 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, state agencies shall be
11 prohibited from direct marketing, soliciting, encouraging, or coercing, or any attempt
12 to directly market, solicit, encourage, or coerce, a minor into use of any form of
13 medication, medical treatment, or pharmaceutical.
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 573 Original 2022 Regular Session McCormick
Abstract: Prohibits state agencies from direct marketing, soliciting, encouraging, or
coercing minors to use certain medications, medical treatments, or pharmaceuticals.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 22RS-995 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 573
Proposed law prohibits state agencies from directly marketing, soliciting, encouraging, or
coercing minors to use certain medications, medical treatments, or pharmaceuticals.
Proposed law prohibits state agencies from attempting to directly market, solicit, encourage,
or coerce a minor into use of certain medications, medical treatments, or pharmaceuticals.
(Adds R.S. 40:1079.21)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.