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Continues the provisions of the May 20, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs) in order to revise the minimum staffing requirements for staff-to-client ratios.
Continues the provisions of the October 13, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions of the May 20, 2008 Rule governing the reimbursement methodology for nursing facilities to amend the provisions governing evacuation and temporary sheltering costs in order to ensure that an evacuating nursing facility continues to receive vendor payments while providing essential care and services to residents at a host site when they are displaced.
Continues the provisions of the October 13, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities to establish provisions governing evacuation and temporary sheltering costs during a declared disaster or emergency event.
Continues the provisions of the October 1, 2015 Emergency Rule which amended the reimbursement methodology governing inpatient hospital services in order to amend the provisions governing supplemental Medicaid payments to qualifying non-rural, non-state public hospitals.
Amends the provisions governing the Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) Waiver in order to better define the cost categories for the reporting of costs associated with transportation services covered under the waiver.
Amends the provisions governing home and community-based behavioral health services in order to clarify the provisions to ensure adequate service coordination and delivery.
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, 2016 edition of the Louisiana Register in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq. Prior submissions are available in the archives.
Continues the provisions of the January 20, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions of the October 1, 2015 Emergency Rule in order to revise these provisions and to correct the formatting of these provisions to assure that these provisions were promulgated in a clear and concise manner in the Louisiana Administrative Code.
Amends the provisions governing behavioral health services in order to clarify and align the provisions with the 1915(b) Healthy Louisiana and Coordinated System of Care (CSoC) Waiver.
Continues the provisions of the April 1, 2015 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing long-term personal care services (LT-PCS) in order to adopt requirements which mandate that LT-PCS providers must utilize the electronic visit verification (EVV) system designated by the department for automated scheduling, time and attendance tracking, and billing for long-term personal care services.
Continues the provisions of the July 20, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions of the August 1, 2015 Emergency Rule to establish upper payment limits for supplemental payments to private intermediate care facilities entering into a cooperative endeavor agreement with the department to provide a privately operated living setting to residents discharging from Pinecrest Supports and Services Center.
Continues the provisions of the April 7, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Developmental Disabilities to require timely filing of electronic reports related to census information and other needed information during declared disasters or emergencies.