ENROLLEDSFAHB1095 3005 4354 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by Senator McMath to Engrossed House Bill No.

1095 BYby REPRESENTATIVERepresentative HEBERTHebert ANAMENDMENT ACTNO. To amend and reenact R.S.

40:2009.24(C)(1)(introductoryparagraph)1 andOn topage enact1, Chapterline 511, ofchange Subtitle"permanently" VIIto of"permanently" TitlePage 471 of the1 Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprisedofR.S.47:6401,relativetoalternativepowersourcesatnursingfacilities;

to requirenursingfacilities to have fuel or an alternative power generationsource to power nursing facilities;

to authorize a rebate to nursing facilities for costs of alternativeenergypowergenerationsources;toprovideforrequirements,limitations, and conditions;

to provide for duties and functions of the Louisiana Department of Health and the Department of Revenue;

to provide for administration of the rebate;

to provide for definitions;

to provide for effectiveness;

and to provide for related matters.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:

Section 1.

R.S.

40:2009.24(C)(1)(introductory paragraph) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

§2009.24.

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1095 ENROLLED C.(1) Thegeneratororalternateelectricalpowersourceshallbepermanently installed onsite at the nursing facility and shall have fuel or other alternative power generation source stored onsite at the nursing facility or delivered prior to the emergency event, in the following quantities:

* * * Section 2.

Chapter 5 of Subtitle VIIof Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S.

47:6401, is hereby enacted to read as follows:

CHAPTER 5.

NURSING FACILITY ALTERNATIVE ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCES REBATE §6401.

Rebate;

eligible costs of alternative electrical power sources for certain nursing facilities A.

As used in this Section, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them in this Subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Alternativeelectricalpowersource"meansasolarenergysystemplaced into service on or after January 1, 2026, and containing an array of photovoltaic modules designed to convert sunlight into electrical energyfor usage or storage and related equipment, wiring, and mounting components.

(2) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.

(3) "Eligible costs" means the costs incurred and actually expended by the nursingfacilityor its designated contractor to acquire,install, and place into service an alternative electrical power source in the nursing facility as required by R.S.

40:2009.24.

(4) "Nursingfacility" hasthesamemeaningassetforthinR.S.40:2009.2(2) and that is licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health in accordance with the requirements of R.S.

40:2009.3, and that was eligible to receive federal grant funds related to energyresilience through the U.S.

Department of EnergyGrid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships Program prior to cancellation of the program.

B.(1) SubjecttothelimitationsprovidedforinthisSection,anursingfacility shallbeeligibleforarebateofeligiblecostsofanalternativeelectricalpowersource installed at or on the nursing facility property.

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1095 ENROLLED (2) To claim the rebate, the nursing facility shall apply to the department with satisfactory documentation demonstrating that the nursing facility is in compliance with R.S.

40:2009.24.