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Continues the provisions of the July 15, 2022 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing applied behavior analysis-based (ABA) therapy services in order to remove non-conventional place of service limitations to ensure ABA services can be delivered in a community setting.
Amends the provisions governing the licensing of hospitals in order to update the standards for obstetrical and newborn services and relocate the existing provisions of LAC 48:I.9511-9515 to LAC 48:I.9519-9523 to ensure that the administrative Rule reflects current requirements for staffing and levels of care units.
Amends the provisions governing reimbursement to private non-state intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities (ICFs/IID) in order to revise and streamline the process by which ICFs/IID can request add-on rates for medically qualified beneficiaries receiving above routine care and whose staffing levels exceed the required minimum.
Amends the provisions governing hospice services in order to: 1) temporarily waive the provision requiring daily visits by the hospice provider to all clients under the age of 21 and allow telemedicine visits as an alternative in the event of a federal or state declared emergency or disaster; and 2) clarify that the five-day limit for inpatient care is applied to respite care only.
Adopts provisions in the Home Health Program in order to temporarily allow non-physician practitioners to order and review home health services in the event of a federal or state declared emergency or disaster.
Amends the provisions governing reimbursement for durable medical equipment in the Home Health Program in order to revise the methodology used to set the rates for enteral formulas and allow reimbursement under the standard procedure codes on the Louisiana Medicaid fee schedule.
Amends the provisions governing experimental procedures in order to align the provisions governing routine care for beneficiaries in clinical trials with federal requirements specified in the American Rescue Plan Act.
Repeals the provisions of LAC 50:XV.Subpart 11 governing personal assistant services in its entirety since employment support was never implemented.
Amends the provisions governing the standards for payment for nursing facilities in order to: 1) reflect the change in the current assessment tool utilized for level of care determinations; and 2) modify the pathway criteria language in order to include updated terminology contained within the new assessment tool.
Continues the provisions of the April 1, 2022 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing temporary reimbursement for private non-state intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities in order to include a direct care add-on for increased costs related to retaining and hiring direct care staff and to establish a minimum hourly wage for direct care workers.
Repeals the provisions of LAC 48:I.Chapter 67 governing the licensing of hospitals in its entirety as these provisions are incorporated elsewhere in the Louisiana Administrative Code and replaces it with provisions governing the licensing of free-standing birth centers.
Amends the provisions governing the licensing of ambulatory surgical centers in order to update the requirements for transfer agreements from ASCs to licensed hospitals in the event of an emergency that requires hospital admission.