Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board public meetings in 2022
4 substantive meetings from 2022, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board
The Traumatic Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Advisory Board will review financial reports, program status, and recent legislation. The agenda includes a proposal to change the program name from THSCI to TBSCI and a discussion regarding increasing fines.
- Review of meeting minutes
- Program updates including financial report and program status
- Proposed name change from THSCI to TBSCI
- Discussion on increasing fines
Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board
The Traumatic Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Advisory Board is meeting to review program updates and financial reports. The board will discuss legislation regarding increasing fines and changing the program name from THSCI to TBSCI.
- Proposed program name change from THSCI to TBSCI
- Proposed legislation to increase fines
- Financial report review
- Program status update
The board approved the May 12, 2022, meeting minutes with corrections. Members reviewed the FY22 financial report, which showed a $336,000 shortfall, and discussed using $800,000 in FY23 state general funds to cover the gap and process 69 waitlisted applicants.
- Approved May 12, 2022 meeting minutes with corrections
Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board
The board will meet to review previous minutes and receive program updates. These updates include a financial report and a status report on the program.
- Financial Report
- Program Status
The board approved the February 10, 2022, minutes with a correction to a shortfall amount. Members discussed a projected $450,000 year-end budget shortfall and efforts to secure $800,000 to $1.6 million in state funding to clear debt and add 100 new participants from the waitlist.
- Approved February 10, 2022, minutes with correction to shortfall amount ($600,000)
Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board
The board will review program updates, including financial reports and trust fund contracts. Members will also discuss legislation for fund protection and vacant board seats.
- THSCI Fund Protection Legislation
- Financial Report
- Trust Fund Program Contracts
- Vacant board seats for Louisiana State Medical Society and Louisiana Hospital Association
The board approved the November 14, 2021, meeting minutes. Members discussed a $600,000 budget shortfall and the need for an additional $400,000 to open new cases from a 296-person waitlist. No formal votes were taken on funding solutions, but the board discussed proposing fee increases and writing a support letter to the Secretary.
- Approved November 14, 2021, meeting minutes