§ 23:73 — Comprehensive labor market information system

§73. Comprehensive labor market information system
A.(1) The council shall advise and direct on the development and content of a
comprehensive labor market information system. The information provided, to the extent
practicable, shall reflect the state's overall training and education effort. The system shall
contain the following major components, and be regularly updated and readily available in
a user-friendly format:
(a) A comprehensive system of labor market information on employment and
training opportunities.
(b) An objective factual performance information about existing workforce
development activities.
(c) An information system on projected workforce growth, job growth, and demand
statewide and by geographic regions, periodically updated and readily available in a user-friendly format.
(d) An automated job-matching information system that is accessible to employers,
job seekers, and other users via the internet, and that includes at a minimum the following: (i) Skill match information, including skill gap analysis; resume creations; job order
creation; skill tests; job search by area, employer type, and employer name; and training
provider linkage.
(ii) Job market information based on surveys, including local, state, regional, and
national occupational and job availability information.
(iii) Service provider information, including education and training providers, child
care facilities and related information, health and social service agencies, and other providers
of services that would be useful to job seekers.
(2) The council, in consultation with affected departments and offices, shall require
modification of existing general purpose and program data systems to ensure that an
appropriate workforce development component is included in the design, implementation,
and reporting of such systems in order to fulfill the information requirements of this Part.
B. The council shall supervise and control the system. It shall provide by rule for
uniform definitions to be used in the system, for comparative information elements to be
contained in the system, for procedures for record linkages, for elements of information
required to be reported, for requirements on aggregation for data release, and for any other
matter necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Part.
C. The council shall designate the department as the agency to coordinate the
development and implementation of the system and to maintain the system. In the
development and maintenance of the system, the department may use existing data collection
systems operated by it, and to the extent appropriate, establish electronic linkages to access
data in the management information systems operated by other departments or offices of state
government. It shall be readily available for public access through a variety of media,
including the internet.
D. The system shall provide the council and department with information relevant
to policymaking and to provide other agencies and policymakers and citizens with
information relevant to program management, administration, and effectiveness with respect
to employment opportunities and training. To accomplish such purpose, the system may
have several application layers giving a different kind of user access to the same database.
Each application layer shall be tailored to the special needs and abilities of the category of
persons to whom it was designed to provide information.
E.(1) All public officers, departments, agencies, offices, and authorities of the state
and its political subdivisions shall provide such assistance and data as will enable such
system to fulfill its purpose.
NOTE: Paragraph (2) eff. until one or more of the 20 depts. of the executive branch is
abolished or if a const. amend. is adopted authorizing the creation of an additional dept. See
Acts 2013, No. 384, §§1 and 9.
(2) The public entities whose data and assistance shall be considered necessary for
the system to fulfill its purpose shall include the department, Louisiana Economic
Development, and the Departments of Children and Family Services, Education, Health,
Public Safety and Corrections, and Veterans Affairs, and in the governor's office, the Offices
of Elderly Affairs, Lifelong Learning, Women's Services, and the State Board of Elementary
and Secondary Education, and the Board of Regents and any other public entity that the
department deems necessary.
NOTE: Paragraph (2) as amended by Acts 2013, No. 384, §1, eff. if one or more of the 20
depts. of the executive branch is abolished or if a const. amend. is adopted authorizing the
creation of an additional dept.
(2) The public entities whose data and assistance shall be considered necessary for
the system to fulfill its purpose shall include the department, Louisiana Economic
Development, and the Departments of Children and Family Services, Education, Elderly
Affairs, Health, Public Safety and Corrections, and Veterans Affairs, and in the governor's
office, the Offices of Lifelong Learning, Women's Services, and the State Board of
Elementary and Secondary Education, and the Board of Regents and any other public entity
that the department deems necessary.

Legislative History

Acts 1997, No. 1, §1, eff. April 30, 1997; Acts 2008, No. 743, §2, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2013, No. 384, §1, eff. if one of the 20 depts. is abolished or an additional dept. is authorized by the electorate; Acts 2025, No. 478, §7, eff. Oct. 1, 2025, §8, eff. See Act.