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November 2024 Legislative Oversight Committee Activity
The November 2024 Legislative Oversight Committee reports have been submitted to the respective legislative oversight committees in accordance with R.S. 49:968(D)(1)(b)(c)
LDH News
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Outpatient Hospital Services – Other Rural Hospitals LAC 50:V.Chapter 79
Continues the provisions of the September 16, 2024 Emergency Rule, which establishes a reimbursement methodology to ensure that other rural hospitals remain financially viable, so that the access to medical care provided to Medicaid beneficiaries in their communities will continue to be available and will improve in the future.
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Inpatient Hospital Services – Other Rural Hospitals LAC 50:V.Chapter 12
Continues the provisions of the September 16, 2024 Emergency Rule, which establishes a reimbursement methodology to ensure that other rural hospitals remain financially viable, so that the access to medical care provided to Medicaid beneficiaries in their communities will continue to be available and will improve in the future.
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Home and Community-Based Services Waivers – Community Choices Waiver LAC 50:XXI.Chapters 81, 85, 86, 93, and 95
Amends the provisions governing the Community Choices Waiver to add a new priority group, specify the requirements for criminal history background checks and database checks for employees, update the Organized Health Care Delivery System (OHCDS) language to reflect the additional CCW services, revise the reimbursement language to agree with the wage floor requirements, and modify the language regarding direct support/service worker wages, other benefits, and workforce retention bonus payments to indicate that Louisiana Department of Health is no longer establishing the criteria.
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Home and Community-Based Services Waivers – Adult Day Health Care LAC 50:XXI.711
Amends the provisions governing Adult Day Health Care providers in order to incorporate language which allows the department to impose a penalty fee for each month a claim or report is filed or submitted beyond the close of the reporting period.
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Behavioral Health Service Providers
The Department of Health, Health Standards Section amends the provisions governing the licensing of behavioral health service providers of opioid treatment programs in order to remove outdated eligibility criteria, expand the types of eligible practitioners, adjust the provisions related to take-home doses of medication, and include provisions for mobile dosing units. These updates align with recently updated federal standards. This action is being taken due to the drastic increase in the number of fatal opioid overdoses in Louisiana. To prevent the imminent peril to the health, safety, and welfare of the public, access to critical medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder will be expanded. It is anticipated that implementation of this Emergency Rule will have no fiscal impact for state fiscal year 2024-2025. This action is effective November 13, 2024.
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November 2024 Final Rules
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 November 20, 2024 edition of the Louisiana Register in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.
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Louisiana PLWH Needs Assessments
This report was prepared for the Louisiana HIV/AIDS Program (HAP) of the Office of Public Health within the Department of Health and Hospitals. The purpose of this needs assessment is to gain understanding of the current care service needs of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) throughout Louisiana and within each of the nine administrative regions. In particular, the assessment aims to provide an accurate estimate of the extent of PLWHA’s unmet primary care and HIV-related support service needs, their experiences in accessing those services, the perceived barriers to those services, and some insight into their reported knowledge of those services. Our aim in constructing this statewide assessment was to collect opinions, perceptions, and experiences from a group of people that is as representative of people living with HIV/AIDS in Louisiana as is possible.
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Medicaid Provider Enrollment Rebaseline Project Has Begun
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HCBS Rate Study with Interested Parties
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Ribbon cutting set for new hygiene supply closet at St. James High School
The project is a partnership between the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) Office of Public Health in Region 3 (South-Central Louisiana) and Aetna Better Health of Louisiana.
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October 2024 Final Rules
The Department of Health, Health Standards Section has submitted final rules to the Office of the State Register for publication in the October 20, 2024 edition of the Louisiana Register in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.