Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget
December 11, 2025
10:00 a.m.
Room 5

Adjourned		 



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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

BUSINESS
 1. Fiscal Status Statement and Five-year Baseline Budget
 2. BA-7 Agenda
 3. Facility Planning and Control
 4. Interpretation of legislative intent for appropriations contained in Acts 4 and 776 of the 2024 Regular Session of the Legislature and Acts 1 and 461 of the 2025 Regular Session of the Legislature, in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 24:653(E)
 5. Review and approval of Water Sector Commission recommendations, in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:100.56
 6. Review and approval of the extension of the contracts between the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the following entities, in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:1615(J):
 A. Leaaf Environmental, LLC
 B. Terracon Consultants, Inc.
 C. PPM Consultants, Inc.
 7. Review and approval of amendments to emergency contracts between the Office of Group Benefits and the following entities, in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 42:802(D):
 A. CaremarkPCS Health, L.L.C., for the provision of Pharmacy Benefit Manager Services
 B. HMO Louisiana, Inc., for the provision of a Medicare Advantage plan
 C. Humana Health Benefit Plan of Louisiana, Inc., for the provision of a Medicare Advantage plan
 D. New Orleans Regional Physician Hospital Organization, LLC, d/b/a Peoples Health, for the provision of a Medicare Advantage plan
 8. Review and approval of an amendment to Tax Increment Financing utilizing 45% of the 4.45% state sales tax within the New Orleans BioDistrict within the city of New Orleans, in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 33:9038.34
 9. Review of an amendment to the contracts between the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and the following entities, in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:1615(J):
 A. Coastal Estuary Services, LLC
 B. Access Sciences Corporation

CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

ADJOURNMENT

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