Session Information

2004 Regular Session Highlights

Information Technology

by: Gary Schaefer
(225) 342-1001

ADMINISTRATION DIVISION

Senate Bill 509 by Senator Heitmeier (Act 23) requires compensation payable to all state of Louisiana employees through the Integrated Statewide Information System (ISIS) shall be paid through electronic fund transfer for those employees hired on or after July 1, 2002.

Senate Bill 13 by Senator Theunissen (Act 57) provides for a notice of the proposed construction of and for the marking of certain wireless communication facilities that are taller than 100 feet but not more than 200 feet.

House Bill 1319 by Representative Triche (withdrawn from files of the House) would have prohibited the importation and private ownership of certain animals (e.g., exotic big cats, venomous snakes, nonhuman primates), and would have required the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to promulgate rules prohibiting the purchase of such animals, including Internet purchases.

House Bill 1 by Representative Alario (Act 1) provides appropriations for:

Louisiana Optical Network Initiative–an initiative of U.S. research universities and private-sector technology companies to provide a nationwide infrastructure in networking technologies and applications–$3,200,000 (HB 2 an additional $8,500,000).

Governor’s Biotechnology Initiative–an initiative to provide research dollars for biotechnology projects (e.g., neurobiotechnology activities)–$3,750,000.

Governor’s Information Technology Initiative–an initiative to conduct research and develop new technologies to advance information technology–$17,500,000.

House Bill 1463 by Representative Pinac (pending House Commerce committee) would have created the Nonpropriety Electronic Financial Terminal Act, and would have prohibited any person from operating a nonproprietary electronic financial terminal in the state without having obtained a license from the commissioner of the Office of Financial Institutions.

House Bill 498 by Representative Triche (Act 510) provides for the electronic transmission of notices for child support income assignment orders.

House Bill 108 by Representative Faucheux (Act 741) requires that a notice of the filing of the garnishment petition be mailed or sent by electronic means to the judgment debtor.

Senate Resolution 149 by Senator Michot (enrolled) requests the Senate Select Committee on Consumer Affairs and Technology to study the conflict of laws relative to the choice of law and forum for computer information agreements and the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA).

Senate Concurrent Resolution 47 by Senator Hainkel (enrolled) memorializes Congress to support and expand the operations of the National Finance Center in New Orleans, which provides consolidated payroll, personnel, and voucher and invoice payment systems and services to numerous government agencies.

Senate Bill 652 by Senator Jackson (pending Senate Commerce committee) would have created the "Consumer Debt Management Services Act," and would have provided a debt management service provider may deliver debt management services via the Internet if the provider complied with certain restrictions.

House Bill 623 by Representative Jefferson (Act 766) allows credit reporting agencies to develop procedures that allow a consumer to request a temporary lift on a credit report freeze of his records by use of the Internet or electronic media.

House Bill 242 by Representative Richmond (pending House Labor committee) would have created the Victims' Domestic Violence and Economic Security Act, which would have allowed victims to take unpaid leave, and included communications via computers and e-mail in the definition of types of violence.

Senate Bill 556 by Senator Dupre (Act 666) creates the impaired driver tracking system to assist law enforcement and DPS in effectively investigating, prosecuting and disposing of impaired driving cases, effective upon written notice from the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice of the successful completion and implementation of the Integrated Criminal Justice Information System (ICJIS) project.

Senate Bill 565 by Senator Dardenne (pending Senate Judiciary C committee) would have created the Integrated Criminal Justice Information System to provide the tracking of the complete life cycle of a criminal case involving impaired driving.

House Bill 1156 by Representative Futrell (pending House final passage) would have created the impaired driver tracking system to assist law enforcement and DPS in effectively investigating, prosecuting and disposing of impaired driving cases.

Senate Bill 593 by Senator Butch Gautreaux (Act 672) authorizes and provides for regional research and development parks to promote the development of high technology industries and research in a region of the state.

House Bill 896 by Representative Martiny (Act 336) requires electronic gaming devices located at certain gaming facilities be linked to a central computer monitoring system for the purposes of monitoring and recording device activities.

Senate Bill 417 by Senator Michot (pending Senate Commerce committee) would have required businesses to notify customers of a breach of security of their computerized data.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 46 by Senator McPherson (enrolled) creates the Louisiana Task Force on Electronic Medical Records to study electronic prescribing and electronic medical records to improve the quality and safety of health care in this state.

Senate Bill 481 by Senator Cravins (pending Senate Health & Welfare committee) would have required hospitals to report and disclose statistical quality data to the public, and would have allowed the Internet to be used for such disclosure.

Senate Bill 649 by Senator Boissiere (pending Senate Health & Welfare committee) would have required hospitals to report and disclose statistical quality data to the public, and would have allowed the Internet to be used for such disclosure.

Senate Bill 656 by Senator Hainkel (pending Senate Health & Welfare committee) would have provided for Hospital Payor Rights, and would have required hospitals to disclose a uniform schedule of charges, and to publish such charges on the Internet if the hospital had an Internet web site.

House Bill 863 by Representative Richmond (pending House Health & Welfare committee) would have created the Hospital Consumer Information Reporting Act, and would have provided that if a hospital had an Internet web site on which it posts charges for health care, the hospital must provide the requestor with its web site address.

House Bill 1148 by Representative Flavin (pending House Health & Welfare committee) would have required hospitals to report and disclose statistical quality data to the public, and would have allowed the Internet to be used for such disclosure.

House Bill 1210 by Representative Tucker (pending House Insurance committee) would have revised various provisions of state law relative to prompt payment of health insurance claims, and would have provided for electronic claim submission.

House Bill 398 by Representative Johns (Act 44) defines "delivered" for purposes of notice of cancellation of mortgages to include electronic transmittal.

Senate Bill 856 by Senator Hines (pending Senate Insurance committee) would have provided procedures for payments to health care providers by health insurance companies, and would have defined electronic claim, and permitted the submission of claims electronically.

Senate Bill 116 by Senator McPherson (pending Senate Commerce committee) would have created a "no junk mail" database for residential and business electronic mail subscribers.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 84 by Senator McPherson (enrolled) requests that DHH study the issue of the health care delivery system in Louisiana, and the establishment of a more integrated delivery system statewide.

House Resolution 1 2004 1ES by Representative Crowe (enrolled) grants the Speaker of the House of Representatives the authority to establish a Select Committee on Technology.

Senate Bill 69 by Senator Michot (pending Senate & Governmental Affairs committee) would have required agencies to report annually to the legislative auditor on the agency’s progress in providing electronic reports to members of the legislature.

House Bill 1118 by Representative Badon (pending House final passage) would have authorized the governing authority of any parish or municipality to create, by ordinance, an office of information technology within the parish or municipality, and would have provided for the appointment of a Chief Technology Officer.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 43 by Senator Nick Gautreaux (enrolled) requests DHH to adopt by rule a procedure for an expedited Medicaid application process, and allows an application to be transferred by e-mail.

House Bill 1017 by Representative Durand (pending House Health & Welfare committee) would have required written notification of all appropriate health care providers and Medicaid recipients of any changes in the pharmacopoeia, and would have required a copy of the current pharmacopoeia be posted on the Internet.

House Bill 275 by Representative Gary Smith (pending House Commerce committee) would have provided for notification to motor vehicle customers of the presence of certain event data recording devices installed in vehicles (e.g., transmit information concerning an accident in which the vehicle has been involved to a central communications system when an accident occurs).

House Bill 26 by Representative Bowler (Act 363) permits payment of class "D" or "E" drivers’ license renewals by electronic commerce.

Senate Bill 612 by Senator Hainkel (pending Senate Transportation committee) would have authorized municipalities with a population of more than 50,000 to use photographic equipment for enforcement of certain traffic violations (e.g., photographic, video, or digital camera).

House Bill 1078 by Representative Murray (failed House final passage) would have authorized municipalities with a population of more than 20,000 to use photographic equipment for enforcement of certain traffic violations (e.g., photographic, video, or digital camera).

Senate Bill 702 by Senator Hainkel (Act 708) provides that legislative documents or governmental instruments may be made accessible on the official Internet web site or portal of the Louisiana State Legislature.

Senate Bill 446 by Senator Jackson (Act 653) provides for duties and responsibilities of the Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee, and requires the posting of the preferred drug list on the Internet.

Senate Bill 503 by Senator Heitmeier (Act 19) authorizes the state to sell surplus movable property through the use of certain electronic technology, and provides for "Internet Computer Auctions." Defines Internet Computer Auctions as the sale by auction that takes place when offers are placed through the use of electronic technology including the Internet, and the thing is sold to the qualified bidder who offers the highest price.

House Bill 1241 by Representative Alario (pending House Appropriations committee) would have authorized electronic notice of auction for sale of movable surplus property, and would have provided for an "Internet Computer Auction."

Senate Bill 40 by Senator McPherson (Vetoed) would have required the commissioner of administration to designate a goal for awarding to small businesses a portion of anticipated total state procurement of data processing equipment and software.

House Bill 1343 by Representative Crowe (pending House Appropriations committee) would have provided for a 10% preference for information technology software or hardware, which is assembled, manufactured, or produced in Louisiana that is equal in quality to information technology software or hardware that is assembled, manufactured, or produced outside of the state.

Senate Bill 289 by Senator Boissiere (Act 458) provides for facsimile or e-mail notification by governmental entities of addendums to a bid over the contract limit.

Senate Bill 343 by Senator Cain (pending Senate Judiciary A committee) would have provided for Internet training and testing as it relates to the Responsible Vendor Program.

Senate Bill 50 by Senator Hainkel (pending Senate Education committee) would have created the La. Parental Choice in Primary Education Program to provide for state payments of private school tuition for the preschool and primary grade education of children whose families meet certain income requirements, and would have provided that the Department of Education shall provide via its Internet web site all private schools participating in the program.

Senate Bill 610 by Senator Michot (calendar Senate introduction) would have authorized certain Vision 2020 cluster high technology businesses to sell unused net operating loss carryover occurring in amount equal to at least 75% of the amount of the surrendered tax benefit, up to $500,000 per year of such benefit.

Senate Bill 687 by Senator Mount (pending Senate Revenue & Fiscal Affairs committee) would have required the Louisiana Tax Commission to create a statewide ad valorem tax assessment database for publication on the Internet.

House Bill 1130 by Representative Daniel (reported as Substitute becomes House Bill 1700) would have required the Louisiana Tax Commission to create a statewide ad valorem tax assessment database for publication on the Internet.

House Bill 1700 by Representative Daniel (Act 448) requires the Louisiana Tax Commission to create a statewide ad valorem tax assessment database for publication on the Internet.

Senate Bill 511 by Senator Ellington (reported as Substitute becomes Senate Bill 877) would have created the Louisiana Broadband Council to serve as the central broadband planning body of the state and to coordinate the development of a statewide broadband access and usage policy.

Senate Bill 877 by Senator Ellington (Act 736) creates the Local Government Fair Competition Act to enhance the development and widespread use of technological advances in providing cable television services and telecommunications and advanced services.

House Bill 1265 by Representative Thompson (Act 167) creates the Louisiana Broadband Advisory Council to serve as the central broadband planning body of the state and to coordinate the development of a statewide broadband access and usage policy.

House Bill 1352 by Representative Pinac (pending House Commerce committee) would have created the Louisiana Broadband Council to serve as the central broadband planning body of the state and to coordinate the development of a statewide broadband access and usage policy.

House Bill 241 by Representative Richmond (pending House Administration & Criminal Justice committee) would have established a state ballistic fingerprint database and databank that had the capability provided by computer software and procedures administered by the state police for the imaging, analysis, and comparison of a bullet or projectile and shell casing, and to store and maintain ballistic fingerprint records related to the investigation of criminal offenses.

House Bill 243 by Representative Richmond (pending House Administration & Criminal Justice committee) would have provided for the Louisiana Handgun Registration Act and would have created a computer-based database of all hand guns purchased funded by a $25 fee on the sale of the handgun.