SB 145 — HEALTH SERVICES: Provides relative to adult residential care providers. (gov sig)

SLS 26RS-413 REENGROSSED Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO.

145 BY SENATORS WOMACK, ABRAHAM, BARROW, BARTHELEMY, BASS, BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CLOUD, DUPLESSIS, FESI, FOIL, HARRIS, HENRY, JACKSON-ANDREWS, JENKINS, MCMATH, MIZELL, MORRIS, MYERS AND PRICE HEALTHAN SERVICES.ACT To enact R.S.

Provides relative to adult residential care providers.

(gov sig) AN ACT To enact R.S.

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C.(1)Thegeneratororalternativeelectricalpowersourceshalleitherbe installed permanently onsite at the adult residential care provider facility or provided through an alternative method, including mobile, shared, or temporarytemporarysystems. systems.

The adult residentialcareprovidershallresidential havecareprovider anshall havean adequate supply of fuel to operate the generator or alternative electrical power source under full load for a minimum of seventy-two hours.

(2) Natural gas is an allowable fuel source and meets the onsite fuel requirement if there is a direct municipal gas line or an onsite propane tank sufficient in size to meetmeetthe thefuelfuel requirementsprovided forforthis this in this Section.

Adult residential care providers may interrupt operation of the generator or alternative electrical power source to conduct Pageroutine 2maintenance ofas 5recommended Coding:by the manufacturer's specifications.

E.Eachadultresidentialcareproviderthatdoesnothaveapermanently installed onsite generator or alternative electrical power source shall do all of the following:

(1)Havearapidconnectsystemforanycontractedormobilegenerators and electrical power.

(2)Annuallyupdateitsemergencyoperationsplantoincludeprovisions forthehealthand safetyof theprovider's residentsin theeventof apowerloss.

The plan shall include information on the mobile generators, shared campus Page 2 of 4 Coding:

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E.Eachadultresidentialcareproviderthatdoesnothaveapermanently installed onsite generator or alternative electrical power source, shall:

(1)Havearapidconnectsystemforanycontractedormobilegenerators and electrical power.

(2)Annuallyupdateitsemergencyoperationsplantoincludeprovisions forthehealthandsafetyoftheprovider'sresidentsin theeventof apowerloss.

The plan shall include information on the mobile generators, shared campus systems,contractedgenerators,otherengineeredpowersolutions,rapidconnect systems, and fuel arrangements and agreements.

The office of the state fire marshal may require the Pageadultresidentialcareprovidertosubmitplanreviewapplicationswithrequired 3documentation, conduct on-site inspections, and determine that an alternative electric power source is not compliant or not able to safely operate to meet the requirements of 5this Coding:Section.

Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;

words in boldface type and underscored are additions.

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145 adultresidentialcareprovidertosubmitplanreviewapplicationswithrequired documentation, conduct on-site inspections, and determine that an alternative electric power source is not compliant or not able to safely operate to meet the requirements of this Section.

The stakeholder advisory workgroupPage shall3 beof convened4 forCoding: its first meeting no later than October 1, 2026, by the department and shall terminate no later than July 1, 2028.

Section 3.

This Act shall become effective upon signature bythe governor or, if not signedbythegovernor,uponexpirationofthetimeforbillstobecomelawwithoutsignature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

If vetoed bythe governorand subsequentlyapprovedbythe legislature, this Act shall become effective on the dayfollowing such approval.

The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared bySenate Legislative Services.

The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.

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