§ 40:1217.1 This Part shall be known and may be cited as the “Louisiana Kidney Health Care Law”.
§ 40:1217.2 A. The legislature finds that one of the most serious and tragic problems facing the public health and welfare today is the death of hundreds of people in this state each year from c
§ 40:1217.3 For the purpose of this Part, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
§ 40:1217.4 A. The chancellor of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport shall establish the Louisiana Kidney Health Care Program through the health sciences center.
§ 40:1217.5 A. The medical center shall provide kidney health care services directly or through public or private resources to persons determined to be eligible for services authorized by this P
§ 40:1217.6 A. The medical center may establish and maintain standards for the accreditation of all facilities designed or intended to deliver care or treatment for persons with chronic kidney d
§ 40:1217.7 A. The medical center shall establish criteria and procedures to select service providers to furnish kidney health care services under the program.
§ 40:1217.8 A. The medical center, for cause, may deny the application of or modify, suspend, or terminate services to an applicant for or recipient of services after notice and opportunity for
§ 40:1217.9 A. No applicant or recipient shall be eligible to receive services provided by this Part to the extent that the applicant or recipient, or another person with a legal obligation to s
§ 40:1217.10 A. The medical center may recover the costs of services provided by this Part from a person who does not reimburse the medical center as required by R.S. 40:1217.9(C) or from any thi
§ 40:1217.11 The medical center may seek and receive monies from any source, including federal funds, grants, and gifts which shall be expended for the purposes designated in this Part.
§ 40:1217.12 The medical center may enter into contracts and agreements with persons, colleges, universities, associations, corporations, municipalities, and other units of government as necessar
§ 40:1217.13 A. The medical center may develop and conduct scientific investigations into the cause, prevention, detection, methods of treatment, and cure of kidney disease, including research in
§ 40:1217.14 A. The medical center may institute, carry on, and supervise educational programs for the public and health providers, including physicians, hospitals, nurses, pharmacists, and other
§ 40:1217.15 The medical center shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Part in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act
§ 40:1217.16 The medical center shall prepare and submit an annual report concerning its findings, progress, and activities to the governor, the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House
§ 40:1217.17 The medical center shall implement the provisions of this Part to the extent that funds are appropriated by the legislature.

Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 5-D > Subchapter D > Part IV - Louisiana Kidney Health Care Law

  • Allocation: means the official determination of the class to which a position in the classified service belongs. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appointing authority: means any official, officer, board, commission, council or person having the power to make appointments to positions in the municipal, parish or fire protection district fire service. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Appointment: means the designation of a person, by due authority, to become an employee in a position, and his induction into employment in the position. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • Appointment: means the designation of a person, by due authority, to become an employee in a position, and his induction into employment in the position. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Board: means the municipal fire and police civil service board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • Board: means the municipal, parish, or fire protection district fire and police civil service board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Classification plan: means all the classes of positions established for the classified service. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Classified service: means every appointive office and position of trust or employment in the municipal government which has as its primary duty one of the functions specifically set forth to be included in the classified service by the provisions of this Part; and excludes all elective and appointive offices and positions of trust or employment which have a primary duty specifically set forth to be included in the unclassified service by the provisions of this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • Classified service: means every appointive office and position of trust or employment in the municipal government, parish government, or fire protection district government which has as its primary duty one of the functions specifically set forth to be included in the classified service by the provisions of this Part; and excludes all elective and appointive offices and positions of trust or employment which have a primary duty specifically set forth to be included in the unclassified service by the provisions of this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Demotion: means a change of an employee in the classified service from a position of one class to a position of a lower class which generally involves less responsibility and provides less pay. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Department: means the state Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:1132
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Eligible: means a person whose name is on a list. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Employee: means a person legally occupying a position. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • Employee: means a person legally occupying a position. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Litter: means all waste material except as provided and defined in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:1132
  • Local government: means the governing authority of a parish or the governing authority of the municipality. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:1132
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • permanent employee: means an employee who has been appointed to a position in the classified service in accordance with this Part after completing his working test period. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Position: means any office and employment in the municipal fire and police services, the duties of which call for services to be rendered by one person. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • Position: means any office or employment in the municipal, parish or fire protection district, fire or police service, the duties of which call for services to be rendered by one person. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Promotion: means a change of an employee in the classified service from a position of one class to a position of a higher class which generally affords increased responsibilities and pay. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • Promotion: means a change of an employee in the classified service from a position of one class to a position of a higher class which generally involves increased responsibilities and provides increased pay. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Re-employment list: means an employment list for the entrance or lowest ranking class in the classified service, or any group of classes that may be grouped in the classification plan, containing names of regular employees who have been laid off under the "lay off" provisions of this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Secretary: means the office of the secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:1132
  • Seniority: means the following:

                (a) "Departmental seniority" means the total employment computed for an employee beginning with the last date on which he was regularly and permanently appointed and has worked continuously, to and including the date of computation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533

  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.