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Amends the provisions of the May 12, 2023 Emergency Rule which extended provisions for long term-personal care services and certain home and community-based services waivers which were relaxed throughout the duration of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency in order to continue provisions and/or options under the Adult Day Health Care Waiver beyond the original extension date.
Amends the provisions governing leave of absence days for intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities (ICFs/IID) in order to increase the total leave days for ICF/IID clients from 45 to 60 and from 30 consecutive days in any single occurrence to 45 consecutive days.
Amends the provisions governing inpatient hospital services to clarify the purpose of the affiliated agreement that hospitals must have with an accredited institution for major or minor teaching hospital graduation education training and the options applicable for residency programs in order to align the administrative Rule with the current State Plan Amendment approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Continues the provisions of the November 09, 2023 Emergency Rule which extended the expiration date for health status monitoring, home delivered meals, activity and sensor monitoring, and personal emergency response systems that were initially added to the Adult Day Health Care waiver as temporary services during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE) and were extended beyond the May 11, 2023 PHE end date as allowed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Amends the provisions governing disproportionate share hospital payments to establish the qualification criteria and methodology for payments for the uncompensated care costs of inpatient psychiatric hospitals located in the northern area of the state with an academic training mission for services provided to uninsured and low-income individuals from the payment pool created in accordance with Act 447 of the 2023 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.
The November 2023 Legislative Oversight Committee reports have been submitted to the respective legislative oversight committees in accordance with R.S. 49:968(D)(1)(b)(c)
Proposes to amend the provisions governing the licensing of behavioral health service (BHS) providers in order to add the definition of Mental Health Partial Hospitalization Program, and to remove the age restriction for use of mobile crisis response services. The department also proposes to adopt licensing requirements governing BHS providers of Mental Health Partial Hospitalization programs.
The Department of Health, Health Standards Section proposes to amend the provisions governing the licensing of adult day health care centers in order to add and revise definitions, update the process for granting waivers to building and construction guidelines and requirements, remove requirements for facility need review approval, and add provisions for an extension of the timeframe of inactivation of license due to a declared or non-declared disaster or emergency.
The Department of Health, Health Standards Section, proposes to amend the provisions governing the licensing of nurse staffing agencies in order to add and update definitions, adjust social media policy requirements, revise administrator requirements, and modify initial licensure and change of ownership requirements.