The biggest question facing legislators was how to distribute $2.2 billion in surplus and “excess” revenue – money left over from the 2021-22 fiscal year and extra dollars the state expected to collect in the 2023 and 2024 fiscal years that hadn’t been included in the governor’s original budget recommendations. [...] SB 135 This bill requires the Louisiana Department of Health to Passed (Midwives Coverage) implement a Medicaid reimbursement rate for licensed and certified nurse midwives at a minimum of 95% of the amount reimbursed to physicians for the same pregnancy and childbirth services. [...] 5 | LOUISIANA BUDGET PROJECT In 2023 the Legislature refused to establish a minimum wage for Louisiana and failed to act on a bill that would have allowed most full-time workers to take paid leave from their jobs to care for a new child or to deal with a serious illness. [...] Every year that the Legislature refuses to act, the value of the minimum wage continues to erode due to the rising cost of living. [...] HB 620 This bill would have created a prospective tax on marijuana Failed (Marijuana Taxation) sales, levying a 15% sales tax on top of existing state/local sales taxes and would distribute the revenue with 50% to the state general fund, 30% to direct funding for the criminal justice system, and 20% to early childhood education.
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