ENROLLEDSCAHB616 3005 4177 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to Engrossed House Bill No.

616 BYby REPRESENTATIVESRepresentative KNOX,Knox CHASSION,AMENDMENT ANDNO. MARTINEZ AN ACT To enact R.S.

24:513(Q)1 andOn Partpage IV2, ofline Chapter13, 3change of"may" Titleto 40"shall" ofPage the1 Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,1 to be comprised of R.S.

40:581, relative to homelessness;

to provide for oversight of publicly funded homeless service providers;

to provide for the duties of the auditor;

to require homeless service providers to submit certain documentation upon request;

and to provide for related matters.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:

Section 1.

R.S.

24:513(Q) is hereby enacted to read as follows:

§513.

Powers and duties of legislative auditor;

audit reports as public records;

assistance and opinions of attorney general;

frequency of audits;

subpoena power * * * Q.

The legislative auditor may review and prepare a report on publicly funded homeless service providers in accordancewith R.S.

40:581 for the purposes of transparencyand ensuring proper utilization of public funds.

Section2.

PartIVofChapter3ofTitle40oftheLouisianaRevisedStatutesof1950, comprised of R.S.

40:581, is hereby enacted to read as follows:

PART IV.

SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS §581.

Oversight of publicly funded homeless service providers A.

Any continuum of care organization or homeless services provider that receives federal, state, or local public funds shall, upon request of the legislative auditor or a parish president or a governing body of a municipality providing such funds, submit to a legislative audit pursuant to R.S.

24:513 and provide the requesting municipality with detailed documentation regarding:

(1) Program performance metrics, including housing outcomes and service delivery statistics.

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616 ENROLLED (2) Effectiveness in achieving stated goals and objectives.

(3) Theuseandallocationofpublic funds in an easy-to-readformat,suchas a spreadsheet.

B.

Failure to comply with the provisions of this Section shall result in the suspensionorterminationofpublicfunding,includingfederal,state,andlocalfunds, subject to applicable laws and contract provisions.

C.

The legislative auditorshall complywith anyand all restrictions imposed bylawondocuments,data,orinformationdeemedconfidentialbylawandfurnished to the legislative auditor.

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:

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