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The first 500 people who show up for testing Tuesday, July 14 at LSU's Alex Box Stadium's Geaux Get Tested site will receive a coupon for a McDonald's Value Meal. Valluzzo Companies, owner of more than 40 McDonald's locations in Baton Rouge, is offering the meal deal to help encourage people to get tested for COVID-19.
Throughout this week, mobile testing sites in southwest Louisiana have extended their hours and will be open from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. from Monday, July 13 to Friday, July 17. These sites will also be using the laboratory eTrueNorth to conduct the tests and provide results.
Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced a mandatory mask requirement for Louisiana and ordered bars in the state closed to on-premises consumption, as the state experiences increasing spread of COVID-19. The Governor also limited indoor social gatherings like wedding receptions, class reunions and parties to 50 total people. With these additional restrictions, Louisiana remains in Phase Two of the Roadmap for a Resilient Louisiana.
The Louisiana Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing has submitted Final Rules to the Office of the State Register for publication in the July 20, 2020 edition of the Louisiana Register in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.
Continues the provisions of the Emergency Rule adopted on April 8, 2020 which amended Title 50 of the Louisiana Administrative Code to temporarily adopt additional provisions to ensure the continuation of essential programs and services, and rescinded and replaced the nursing facility add-on provisions of the Emergency Rule adopted on March 19, 2020 in order to clarify the eligible nursing facility providers.
Continues the provisions of the December 3, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing outpatient abortion clinics in order to comply with the provisions of Acts 97, 563 and 593 of the 2016 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature which increased the time period for pre-operative services, mandated the distribution of printed information about services for pregnant women, and established provisions for the disposal of fetal remains.
Amends the provisions governing out-of-state medical services in order to reflect current practices and to align the administrative Rule with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulations regarding out-of-state care.
Amends the provisions governing the licensing of nursing facilities in order to align reporting requirements for state licensed nursing facilities with national requirements and provide standardized information to assist with national surveillance on the status of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in all nursing facilities.
Amends the provisions governing the counting of resources in determining eligibility for the Qualified Disabled and Working Individual Program in order to align the administrative Rule with the current Medicaid State Plan and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulations.
Amends the provisions governing reimbursement for end stage renal disease (ESRD) facilities in order to allow contracted independent laboratories to bill the Medicaid program directly for the provision of covered non-routine laboratory services instead of receiving reimbursement from the ESRD facility.
The July 2020 Legislative Oversight Committee reports have been submitted to the respective legislative oversight committees in accordance with R.S. 49:968(D)(1)(b)(c)
These updated testing sites are for the region that includes Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and Jefferson Davis parishes.