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STATE OF LOUISIANA OF LOplr DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE ti4) � aV°�y LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS ;; iV ,\ Y P.O. BOX 4368 BATON ROUGE, LA 70821 �oNF'p Nc�' (225)219-5600 �-w.••" FAX (225)381-7271 1-800-842-6630 www.ethics.la.gov May 10, 2021 Kathy Dwyer Chair, State Advisory Committee La. Office of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities 1525 Papworth Avenue Metairie, Louisiana 70005 Re: Louisiana Board of Ethics Docket No. 2021-205 Dear Ms. Dwyer, The Louisiana Board of Ethics, at its meeting on May 7, 2021, considered your request for an advisory opinion as to the application of the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") to certain members of the Regional Advisory Committees and the State Advisory Committee in connection with the La. Office of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities. FACTS PROVIDED The La. Developmental Disability Law(La. R.S. 28:451.1, et seq.)was enacted to provide for a developmental disabilities services system that values all persons with developmental disabilities and affirms their fundamental rights and privileges as citizens of Louisiana and the United States of America as provided in the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act. The La. Office of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities ("OCDD"), within the La. Department of Health (``LDH"), is responsible for leadership in designing and developing developmental disabilities services provided by the department either directly or pursuant to agreements with public and private providers. La. R.S. 28:451.1D. OCDD,through the individual human services districts and authorities, serves as the single point of entry into the system. La. R.S. 28:451.3A. HUMAN SERVICES DISTRICTS/AUTHORITIES The Legislature has created ten (10) human services districts and authorities to provide state-funded behavioral healthcare and care for persons with intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities across Louisiana. La. R.S. 28:910A. Each human services district is a local governing entity with local accountability and management of behavioral health, intellectual disability, and developmental disability services, as well as any public health or other services contracted to the district by LDH. La. R.S. 298:911A(5). Each human services district is governed by a board,whose members are required to be residents of the parishes covered, as well as possess expertise in a related field of health, or be a Page 1 of 6 (Docket No. 2021-205) AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER