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The Louisiana Government Transparency & Performance Act (LA-GT&P)

Louisiana state companion to GT&P. Extends the Louisiana Public Records Law (La. R.S. 44:1 et seq.), Legislative Auditor oversight, and the Louisiana Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Law (La. R.S. 46:437.1 et seq.).

THE LOUISIANA GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY & PERFORMANCE ACT (LA-GT&P)

Vehicle: State passage. Louisiana Legislature, regular session. Primary referral to House / Senate Judiciary; performance provisions to House / Senate Governmental Affairs.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

This Act may be cited as the “Louisiana Government Transparency & Performance Act (LA-GT&P).”

SECTION 2. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT

The Legislature finds that Louisiana operates the Public Records Law under La. R.S. 44:1 et seq. and Open Meetings Law under La. R.S. 42:11 et seq.; that the Legislative Auditor operates under La. R.S. 24:511 et seq.; that state-agency performance reporting operates under the Louisiana Performance and Accountability System and the Division of Administration; that whistleblower protection operates under La. R.S. 23:967 and La. R.S. 42:1169 (public employees); that state employment is governed by La. R.S. 42 and the State Civil Service Commission under La. Const. Art. X; and that the Louisiana Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Law under La. R.S. 46:437.1 et seq. provides a qui-tam-style mechanism for Medicaid-related fraud. This Act extends these frameworks.

TITLE I — DEFINITIONS & COORDINATION WITH LOUISIANA LAW

Sec. 101. Definitions

  1. (a) “State agency” has the meaning in La. R.S. 39:2.
  2. (b) “Legislative Auditor” means the office under La. R.S. 24:511.
  3. (c) “MAPIL” means the Louisiana Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Law under La. R.S. 46:437.1.

Sec. 102. Coordination with Existing Louisiana Law

  1. (a) Consistent with:
  • La. R.S. 44:1 et seq. (Public Records Law).
  • La. R.S. 42:11 et seq. (Open Meetings Law).
  • La. R.S. 24:511 (Legislative Auditor).
  • La. R.S. 39 (state finance); Div. of Administration performance reporting.
  • La. R.S. 23:967; La. R.S. 42:1169 (whistleblower protection).
  • La. Const. Art. X; La. R.S. 42 (state civil service).
  • La. R.S. 46:437.1 et seq. (MAPIL).
  • La. R.S. 49:950 et seq. (Administrative Procedure Act).

TITLE II — STATE-AGENCY OUTCOME PUBLICATION

Sec. 201. Louisiana Agency Outcome Dashboard

  1. (a) The Division of Administration, in coordination with the Legislative Auditor, shall maintain a Louisiana Agency Outcome Dashboard (“LA-AOD”).
  2. (b) Each State agency shall publish, for each major program, machine-readable performance data on cost per unit, output volume, and outcome measurement.
  3. (c) Updated at least quarterly.

Sec. 202. Integration with Performance and Accountability System

  1. (a) Each State agency shall include LA-AOD data in its annual Performance-Based Budgeting submission.

TITLE III — STATE CIVIL-SERVICE ACCOUNTABILITY

Sec. 301. Published Performance Expectations

  1. (a) La. Const. Art. X and La. R.S. 42 shall be applied so that executive-level and director-level positions have published annual performance expectations tied to agency program measures, consistent with State Civil Service Commission authority.
  2. (b) Two-cycle failure grounds non-retention consistent with existing Commission authority.

TITLE IV — REGULATORY PARTICIPATION

Sec. 401. Louisiana Regulatory Participation Dashboard

  1. (a) The Office of the State Register, in coordination with agencies that adopt rules under La. R.S. 49:950 et seq., shall publish a Louisiana Regulatory Participation Dashboard.
  2. (b) Informational.

TITLE V — WHISTLEBLOWER REWARDS

Sec. 501. MAPIL Reward Enhancement

  1. (a) La. R.S. 46:439.4 (qui tam awards under MAPIL) is hereby amended so that a qui tam relator may receive a share aligned with the federal range under 31 U.S.C. Sec. 3730(d).
  2. (b) Amounts payable drawn from amounts recovered to the State.
  3. (c) This Section does not create a general state false-claims cause of action outside the Medicaid-fraud context of MAPIL.

TITLE VI — IMPLEMENTATION & GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 601. Severability

If any provision is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect the remainder.

Sec. 602. Effective Date

This Act shall take effect August 1 of the year following enactment.

Canonical federal version: GT&P. Other Louisiana bills: LA-ACSA, LA-MEWRA, LA-AI-Workforce.