§ 40:1107.1 — Purpose

Louisiana § 40:1107.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§1107.1. Purpose
The legislature hereby finds and declares that:
(1) Cystic fibrosis is a chronic and life-threatening genetic disorder affecting
respiratory, digestive, and other bodily functions which requires medical treatment and care
on a continuing basis.
(2) The cost and expense associated with the care and treatment of cystic fibrosis
imposes severe hardships and burdens upon individuals suffering from cystic fibrosis and
upon those responsible for the cost of such care and treatment, which without some form of
public or private medical and financial assistance can and does result in the inability and
failure of affected individuals to obtain proper and adequate medical care essential to the
treatment of this condition.
(3) One of the serious problems facing medicine and the public health and welfare
today is that while assistance and services are available to individuals with cystic fibrosis
under the age of twenty-one through the Children's Special Health Services program, such
services are not available to individuals with cystic fibrosis who are twenty-one years of age
or older, and for many such individuals there are no other sources of public or private aid
available for obtaining needed medical care and treatment.
(4) The legislature recognizes that recent medical advances and improvements in the
care and treatment of cystic fibrosis have resulted in increases in life span of affected
individuals and in a growing population of persons suffering from cystic fibrosis who are
twenty-one years of age or older, and that there is an immediate need to make proper and
adequate medical treatment and care available to such individuals in order to afford them
every opportunity to develop and realize their fullest human potential and to enhance the
quality of life.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1983, No. 498, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §22, eff. June 23, 2014; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.118 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.