AGENDA
ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING —WEDNESDAY JUNE 25, 2025—6:00 P.M.
OLD CITY MARKET, 131 W. BELLEVUE ST.
OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. PLEDGE AND INVOCATION (Councilman Faltery Jolivette)
III. ROLL CALL
IV. PUBLIC COMMENT
V. ORDINANCES TO BE ADOPTED:
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-017
(Sponsored by Councilman Timmy Lejeune)
State of Louisiana, St. Landry Parish Council
Ordinance No. 2025-017, Dated June 25, 2025
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE PARISH OF ST. LANDRY TO
REPEAL AND REPLACE ORDINANCE 2020-024 CODIFIED AT PART I., CHAPTER 24,
ARTICLE I (LICENSES AND REGULATION) SECTION 24-34 RELATIVE TO THE LOCAL
HEALTHCARE PROVIDER PARTICIPATION PROGRAM IN ST LANDRY PARISH IN
ACCORDANCE WITH LA. R.S. 40:1248.1 ET. SEQ.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Legislature enacted 2020 La. Act 330, which added Subpart D–1 of
Part I of Chapter 5–E of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, which was amended by
2024 La. Act 432, comprised of R.S. 40:1248.1 through 1248.10, to create and provide for a local
healthcare provider participation program for the purpose of financing state and local healthcare
expenditures under Medicaid through an assessment on certain local hospitals within a Parish; and
WHEREAS, the cost of healthcare is increasingly expensive;
WHEREAS, local hospital assessments will result in an increase of the federal matching funds
to be used to pay healthcare costs;
WHEREAS, those local hospitals that will pay the assessments are in support of the local
healthcare provider participation program; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the St. Landry Parish Council that Ordinance
2020-024 passed December 16, 2020 and recorded December 17, 2020 is repealed entirely and replaced
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with the following ordinance authorizing St. Landry Parish to participate in a healthcare provider
participation program to be codified under Part I, Chapter 24, Article I, Section 24-34 – Local
Healthcare Provider Participation Program, as follows:
Sec. 24-34.1 Title
This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the “St. Landry Parish Local Healthcare
Provider Participation Fund Ordinance”.
Sec 24-34.2 Local Healthcare Provider Participation Program Annual Assessment
For the privilege of operating in St. Landry Parish, there is levied upon hospitals, as identified
in La. R.S. 40:1248.1 through 1248.10, a Local Hospital Assessment for each fiscal year. The rate of
the assessment for each fiscal year shall be in accordance with La. R.S. 40:1248.8 and will be provided
annually by resolution of the St. Landry Parish Council.
Sec. 24-34.3 Adoption of State Law
The Local Hospital Assessment shall be levied, collected and used, or refunded to paying
hospitals, in accordance with the provisions of Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 40, Subpart D-1 of Part
I of Chapter 5-E, as amended, which are adopted and incorporated by reference.
Sec. 24-34.4 Payments
The Local Hospital Assessment levied herein shall be due annually and may be paid in quarterly
installments. Any payment not paid within thirty days of the due date shall be deemed delinquent.
Interest at the rate of one-quarter (0.25) percent per month may be added to the amount of the
delinquent payment and such interest shall be computed from the due date of the payment until it is
paid. Such interest may be waived for good cause shown. All penalties and interest attributable to
delinquent Local Hospital Assessment payments will be deposited and made part of the local provider
participation fund.
Sec. 24-34.5 Depository for Local Hospital Assessment Funds
The St. Landry Parish President shall designate one or more banks as a depository for the Local
Hospital Assessment payments received by the parish. A bank designated as a depository serves until
a successor is designated by the St. Landry Parish President.
The Parish may select an appropriate entity to collect the Local Hospital Assessment payments
in accordance with La. R.S. 1248.9. The amount of annual fees for collecting the Local Hospital
Payments that may be paid for each fiscal year shall be in accordance with La. R.S. 40:1248.8 and
40:1248.9 and will be approved annually by resolution of the St. Landry Parish Council .
Sec. 24-34.6 Authorized Uses of Local Hospital Assessment Funds
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Monies in the local provider participation fund shall not be commingled with other Parish funds.
Excess monies in the local provider participation fund in any given fiscal year may be carried forward
to the following fiscal year.
Monies in the local provider participation fund may be used only as permitted for one or more
of the following purposes or as allowed by La. R.S. 1248.7:
- To fund intergovernmental transfers from the St. Landry Parish to the state to provide the
nonfederal share of a program of Medicaid payments that benefit hospitals in St. Landry Parish. - To pay the allowable administrative expenses of St. Landry Parish associated exclusively with
activities authorized by La. R.S. 40:1248.1 through 1248.10. The amount of allowable
administrative expenses of St. Landry Parish may not exceed the amount stated in La. R.S.
40:1248.8(D). - To refund a portion of a local hospital assessment payment collected in error from a paying
hospital. - To refund to paying hospitals the proportionate share of money received by St. Landry Parish
from the Louisiana Department of Health that is not used to fund the nonfederal share of
Medicaid payment program payments.
Sec. 24-34.7 Other Necessary Actions
The St. Landry Parish Council or its representatives as appointed are authorized to take all other
actions necessary to implement the requirements of Subpart D–1 of Part I of Chapter 5–E of Title 40
of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended by 2024 La. Act 432, comprised of R.S.
40:1248.1 through 1248.10. To the extent any section of the St. Landry Parish Local Healthcare
Provider Participation Fund Ordinance is inconsistent with or conflicts with the Louisiana Revised
Statutes, the Louisiana Revised Statutes will control.
REPEAL: All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SEVERABILITY: If any provision of this Ordinance shall be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect other provisions herein which can be given effect without the invalid provision and to this
end the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordinance shall become effective fifteen (15) days after adoption.
