Behavioral Health

The Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Behavioral Health and Louisiana Public Health Institute present the 2018 Behavioral Health Symposium: Changing Practice, Changing Lives.

The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified proposers who will provide coordination, administration, and management of specialized behavioral health services to Louisiana Medicaid children and youth eligible for, or enrolled in, the Coordinated System of Care (CSoC).

The Louisiana Department of Health is seeking public input on key strategies to address Louisiana’s opioid epidemic. Over the past month, the Department of Health, in collaboration with local human services agencies, has held public meetings around the state.

The State of Louisiana and the Louisiana Department of Health announced an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to help ensure that people with serious mental illnesses have the opportunity to live in a community setting.

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), Office of Behavioral Health (OBH), Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System(ELMHS), and Central Louisiana State Hospital (CLSH), is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for qualified proposers to provide supplemental nursing services for one or both of the designated facilities, ELMHS and CLSH.

The Louisiana Department of Health is seeking public input on key strategies to address Louisiana’s opioid epidemic. Over the next month, the Department of Health, in collaboration with local human services agencies, will hold a series of public meetings around the state.

The Louisiana Department of Health is seeking public input on key strategies to address Louisiana’s opioid epidemic. Over the next month, the Department of Health, in collaboration with local human services agencies, will hold a series of public meetings around the state.

Gambling addiction plagues thousands of Louisianans, putting a strain on not only themselves but also their families, friends, co-workers and society as a whole. Any urge to continuously gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop is considered problem gambling.

The Louisiana Department of Health is seeking proposals to expand the number of statewide Family Support Organization Providers to provide greater choice to families.

New data from the Louisiana Department of Health and the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy show there are fewer opioids being prescribed since Medicaid expansion began in July 2016.