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Repeals inpatient hospital services Rules which were promulgated prior to implementation of the Louisiana Administrative Code (LAC) codification system and amends the provisions governing inpatient hospital services in order to promulgate the criteria to qualify for reimbursement as a distinct part psychiatric unit in a codified format in the LAC and add qualifying criteria for rehabilitation, long-term, and freestanding hospitals.
Amends the provisions governing children’s and adult mental health services to expand the mental health professionals eligible to provide therapeutic services to include provisionally licensed professional counselors, provisionally licensed marriage and family therapists, and licensed master social workers.
The report provides crucial insights into causes and disparities of deaths among women within a year of pregnancy in Louisiana.
The Department of Health, Health Standards Section has submitted a Potpourri relative to Public Hearing – Substantive Changes to Proposed Rule – Nurse Staffing Agencies, LAC 48:I.Chapters 77 to the Office of the State Register for publication in the April 20, 2024 edition of the Louisiana Register.
The Department of Health, Health Standards Section has submitted a Potpourri relative to Public Hearing – Substantive Changes to Proposed Rule - Hospitals Licensing Standards, LAC 48:I.Chapters 93-95 to the Office of the State Register for publication in the April 20, 2024 edition of the Louisiana Register.
The Department of Health, Health Standards Section proposes to amend LAC 48:I.Chapter 125, and to adopt §12510, §12511, and §12512 as authorized by R.S. 36:254 and R.S. 40:2116 et seq. in order to ensure that the FNR process for nursing facilities coincides with current statute requiring FNR approval by the department.
The Louisiana Department of Health, Health Standards Section has submitted Final Rules to the Office of the State Register for publication in the April 20, 2024 edition of the Louisiana Register in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.
Services will be relocated to alternate sites during the temporary closure.