Reports: Legislative

The Louisiana Children’s Health Insurance Program (LaCHIP) is an optional Medicaid program that provides healthcare coverage to uninsured children up to age 19 and enrollees in the LaCHIP Unborn Option (Phase IV) which provides prenatal care services, from conception to birth, for low income uninsured mothers who are not otherwise eligible for Medicaid.

The task force, comprised of a 15-member panel of health, housing, academia and regulatory designees from state agencies and universities across Louisiana, formed in response to House Bill 802/ACT 258 of the 2014 regular legislative session.

In response to SCR 25 of the 2019 Regular Legislative Session, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) submits the report on the study of the use of scrambler therapy as an opioid alternative for the treatment of pain.

The Louisiana Department of Health submits the attached response to ACT 210 of the 2013 Legislative Session, the Diabetes and Obesity Report to the Senate and House Committees on Health and Welfare, to comply with the provisions of the act.

This report is the eighth in a series produced by the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) to satisfy statutory reporting requirements intended to ensure certain outcomes are being achieved by Medicaid Managed Care Programs as per La Revised Statute 40:1253.2

The charge of Act 158 of the 2015 Regular Legislative Session was to provide transparency relative to Medicaid managed care programs. Within the Office of Behavioral Health (OBH), this involves the Coordinated System of Care (CSoC) program.

The charge of Act 158 of the 2015 Regular Legislative Session was to provide transparency relative to Medicaid managed care programs. Within the Office of Behavioral Health (OBH), this involves the Coordinated System of Care (CSoC) program. Magellan Health Services of Louisiana, Inc. (Magellan) administers the CSoC program. This report outlines responses to the requests made by the legislature in Act 158 relative to Magellan's management of care within CSoC program.

Monitoring the health status of a population is an essential step in evaluating the effectiveness of various health programs and in developing programmatic policy for the future. Monitoring the status of a population relative to certain health indicators over a number of years is an especially effective tool for health planning. Act 985 of the 1995 Louisiana Regular Legislative Session, enacting R.S. 40:1300.71, requires that the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals annually prepare a report card relative to health and health-related issues.

The Louisiana Department of Health submits the attached response to ACT 210 of the 2013 Legislative Session, the Diabetes and Obesity Report to the Senate and House Committees on Health and Welfare, to comply with the provisions of the act.

In response to HCR 80 of the 2019 Regular Legislative Session, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) submits the report concerning communication-related services for the deaf and hard of hearing in hospitals and nursing facilities.