Two bills to ensure the safety of nursing home patients during natural disasters pass unanimously in Senate Health and Welfare. Senate Bill 33 requires all long-term care facilities to have generator power. Mark Berger, Executive Director of the Louisiana Nursing Home Association says while most facilities have generators large enough to support their heating and cooling systems…
Failure to comply could result in loss of certification.
The second bill would task the State Fire Marshal with inspecting evacuation plans for nursing homes. The legislation was inspired after 15 patients died during a mass evacuation to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish during Hurricane Ida. Covington Senator Patrick McMath applauds the bill.
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Both bills advance to the Senate.
House Governmental Affairs approves legislation to give the Legislature the ability to end certain portions of a governor’s emergency executive order. Abita Springs Representative Larry Frieman’s bill is in response to the governor’s public health orders during the pandemic that placed restrictions on businesses…
A similar bill was vetoed by Governor John Bel Edwards last year.
Monroe Senator Stewart Cathey, Jr. fulfills a campaign promise made years ago by introducing legislation to make the Gulf Fritillary (frit-ah-lar-ee) the official state butterfly. Cathey says the Gulf Fritillary is the only butterfly indigenous to the Bayou State.
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Slidell Senator Sharon Hewitt along with other members of Senate Governmental Affairs approved the bill and it now advances to the Senate.