Home and Community Based Service Providers (HCBS)

Important Information for Medicaid Providers: Please read carefully

Effective July 1, 2011, the Louisiana Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing adopted provisions to establish comprehensive minimum licensing standards for HCBS providers and a single HCBS license. Providers of the following services or modules shall be licensed under the HCBS license:

1. Adult Day Care (ADC)
2. Family Support
3. Personal Care Attendant (PCA)*
4. Respite Care*
5. Substitute Family Care (SFC)
6. Supervised Independent Living, including Shared Living Conversion services*
7. Supported Employment 
8. Monitored In-Home Care*

A person, or provider, who desires licensure to provide one or more of the above services must first read & understand information in the regulations. Modules that have an asterisk (*) require approval from the Facility Need Review (FNR) committee before the provider can apply for a license from the Health Standards Section.

Prior to licensure, persons who are approved to apply for an HCBS license must first review and become knowledgeable of the HCBS licensing regulations as well as the regulatory training videos posted on the HCBS web page under the link titled Provider Training and Resources. The applicant for licensure must present the certificates that can be printed down upon completion of the training videos. Only when a complete licensing application and viewing of the required training are completed, will the applicant be authorized for an initial licensing survey. Certificates of training are for the licensing application, not FNR application packet.

 

Resources: 

• License Renewal 
• Deemed Status Request 
• Add a Branch or Satellite Location
• Change of Ownership (CHOW) 
• Add or Delete a Services Module
• Provider Training Resources 
• Change of Name/Geographic Address/Key Personnel

Emergency Preparedness

Re-Entry Process for Reoccupying and Reopening Following Emergency Events

• LDH-HSS Memo-Reoccupy Requirements updated 08/02/2024
  • HSS EP Form
  • OSFM Memo-Healthcare Facilities Evacuated during a Hurricane or State Declared Emergency
  • OPH-Health Care Facility Reoccupation Tool