A state law enacted in 1999 required the health department to “establish minimum, specific, and numerical licensed nurse-to-patient ratios” in both general and freestanding psychiatric hospitals.

Louisiana bill could block big lawsuits against nursing home, hospital administrators If signed, the law would cap payouts in negligence lawsuits by classifying administrators under Louisiana’s ...

Louisiana hospitals generate $38.4 billion in business transactions, $14.2 billion in annual payroll and $1.7 billion in net state and local tax collections.