| Advisory Opinion request regarding whether the Code of Governmental Ethics ("Code") permits Randall Fillmore to accept a position with Magellan Health and support the Louisiana
Pharmacy Benefits Manager implementation post his public employment. |
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Randall Fillmore currently performs work for the Louisiana Department of Health ("LDH") pursuant
to a Medicaid Technical Services contract with the University of New Orleans ("UNO"). He is compensated by UNO for the work he does for LDH. At UNO, Mr. Fillmore reports directly
to Danny Murnane at UNO, who serves as the Assistant Director of the Medicaid
Technical Services contract.
Mr. Fillmore currently provide services to the Medicaid
Enterprise Systems section ("MES") of LDH, supporting various initiatives
including the Pharmacy Benefits Manager implementation ("PBM"). At LDH, Mr. Fillmore reports to Jacques Kado, the Medicaid Program Manager.
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the course of the PBM implementation, Mr. Fillmore was offered a position with a PBM
vendor, Magellan Health. In the position with Magellan Health, Mr. Fillmore would be
supporting the Louisiana PBM implementation. Magellan Health is also implementing
their PBM services in other states. Mr. Fillmore stated that there could also be a
future job offer to support a Magellan Health PBM implementation in another
state, should Magellan Health be awarded the contract.
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La.
R.S. 42:1121B provides
that no former public employee shall, for a period of two years following the
termination of his public employment, assist another person, for compensation,
in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction in which
such former public employee participated at any time during his public
employment and involving the governmental entity by which he was formerly
employed, or for a period of two years following termination of his public employment,
render, any service which such former public employee had rendered to the
agency during the term of his public employment on a contractual basis,
regardless of the parties to the contract, to, for, or on behalf of the agency
with which he was formerly employed.
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Adopt the proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Mallory Guillot |
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