Add a Branch or Satellite Location

• Located within the same LDH administrative region as the parent agency. 
• Parent agency must have full licensure for at least one year prior to application for approval to open a branch or satellite.

A branch or satellite shall not be approved if any of the following conditions exist:

1. The parent agency was cited with more than five deficiencies on its last annual survey or on a complaint survey within the last 12 months;
2. The parent agency was cited with a deficiency resulting in immediate jeopardy or actual harm to a client on its last annual survey or on a complaint survey within the last 12 months;
3. The parent agency has a provisional license;
4. The parent agency is under license revocation;
5. The parent agency is undergoing a change of ownership; or
6. Adverse action, including license revocation, denial or suspension, has been taken against the license of other agencies operated by the owner of the parent agency.

$200 non-refundable for each branch
$250 non-refundable for each satellite

Fees must be in the form of a certified check, company check, or money order made payable to the Department of Health and Hospitals. Payments must be mailed with a Payment Transmittal Form to LDH Licensing Payments, PO Box 734350, Dallas, TX 75373-4350.  The application form and any supporting documentation must be submitted via email to [email protected] or via mail to HSS, PO Box 3767, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-3767.

The department, at its sole discretion and taking into consideration the resources of the department, may approve branch or satellite locations for HCBS providers.  In addition, a branch or satellite shall not be approved if any of the following conditions exist:

1. The parent agency was cited with more than five deficiencies on its last annual survey or on a complaint survey within the last 12 months;
2. The parent agency was cited with a deficiency resulting in immediate jeopardy or actual harm to a client on its last annual survey or on a complaint survey within the last 12 months;
3. The parent agency has a provisional license;
4. The parent agency is under license revocation;
5. The parent agency is undergoing a change of ownership; or
6. Adverse action, including license revocation, denial or suspension, has been taken against the license of other agencies operated by the owner of the parent agency.