ENROLLEDHFAHB761 4902 3754 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by Representative Hilferty to Engrossed House Bill No.

761 BYby REPRESENTATIVESRepresentative HILFERTY,Hilferty ADAMS,AMENDMENT BAYHAM,NO. BILLINGS, WILFORD CARTER, CHASSION, FISHER, GREEN, LACOMBE, LAFLEUR, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, MARCELLE, MARTINEZ, PHELPS, SPELL, TAYLOR, WALTERS, AND ZERINGUE AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.

22:1076.1,1 relativeOn topage the1, advisorydelete boardline for4 rarein cancerits treatments;entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following:

to"and providereporting; for revisions to board composition;

to provide for meetings and reporting;

and to provide for related matters.matters." AMENDMENT NO.

Be2 itOn enactedpage by1, line 18, after "designee of" delete the Legislatureremainder of Louisiana:the line and insert in lieu thereof the following:

Section"The 1.Cancer Association of Louisiana." AMENDMENT NO.

R.S.3 On page 2, after line 18, insert the following:

22:1076.1 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

§1076.1.

Advisory board;

composition;

recommendations for treatment of rare cancers;

meetings;

rulemaking A.Thereisherebycreatedwithinthedepartmentanadvisoryboardthatshall review and provide medical recommendations to approve new treatments for rare cancers.The advisory board shall be composed of the following seventeen members:

(1) The commissioner or his designee.

(2) The secretaryor designee of the Louisiana Department of Health.

(3) The Medicaid Director or designee of the Louisiana Department of Health.

(4) The surgeon general or his designee.

(5) TheexecutivedirectorordesigneeofTakingAimatCancerinLouisiana the Cancer Association of Louisiana.

(6) ThechiefexecutiveofficeroftheLouisianaAssociationofHealthPlans.

(7) The chief medical officer or designee of a managed care organization.

(8) The director or designee of the Louisiana Tumor Registry.

(9) ThedirectorordesigneeofthePenningtonBiomedicalResearchCenter.

(10) A designee of the Louisiana Cancer Research Center.

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761 ENROLLED (11) A designee of the LSU Health Sciences Center at New Orleans, specializing in oncology.

(12) A designee of the Tulane Medical School, specializing in oncology.

(13) A designee of the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine.

(14) Two Four oncologists specializing in the treatments of rare cancers.

B.(1) The chairperson of the advisoryboard shall be the executive director or designee of the Louisiana Cancer Research Center.

(2) Theadvisoryboardshallholdquarterlypublicmeetingsunlessotherwise provided byvote of the advisoryboard or byorder of the chairperson.

Within thirty No later than forty-five days of after eachmeeting, the advisoryboard shall compile a report of its findings and submit a formal written report to the legislature House Committee on Insurance and the Senate Committee on Insurance.

C.

The commissioner may promulgate and adopt administrative rules and regulations in accordancewith theAdministrative ProcedureActasarenecessaryto implement the provisions of this Section.

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

SPEAKERPage OF1 THEof HOUSE1 OFCODING: REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED: