2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 — Public health and safety
RS 40:2113.1 — Research and training account

§2113.1. Research and training account

All funds received from fees paid by or on behalf of patients in state hospitals under the administration of the State Department of Hospitals under the provisions of Titles 28, 40 and 46 of the Revised Statutes of Louisiana of 1950 shall be deposited in a special account in the state treasury to be known as the Research and Training Account. All funds deposited in said account are hereby dedicated with further or special appropriation to the State Department of Hospitals to be used by it for the purpose of conducting research in problems relating to mental illness and mental retardation and further to conduct programs of training psychiatrists, neurologists, special educators, psychologists, nurses, technicians, social workers, occupational therapists, medical students, interns, residents, physicians, and other professional therapists, medical students, interns, residents, physicians, and other professional trainees designed to better qualify them for employment in state institutions and clinics for the mentally ill and mentally retarded and in hospitals owned and operated by the state. All funds in the Mental Health Research and Training Account created by R.S. 46:663.1 are transferred to the account herein created and all amounts collected or that may be collected for the Mental Health Research and Training Account shall be paid to the state treasurer and deposited by him in the Research and Training Account herein created. No part of the funds in this account shall revert to the State General Fund at the close of any fiscal year nor shall these funds be considered as other means of financing.

Added by Acts 1964, No. 170, §8. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 620, §1.