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Home and Community-Based Waiver Services – Rate Methodology LAC 50:XXI.Chapter 7
Amends the provisions governing the home and community-based services waivers in order to further clarify the reimbursement methodology.
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Home and Community-Based Services Waivers - Residential Options Waiver - Unit of Reimbursement LAC 50:XXI.16901 and 16903
Amends the provisions governing the Residential Options Waiver in order to clarify the reimbursement methodology, remove language that provides historical information pertaining to the rate reimbursement and revised the terminology associated with ROW reimbursements.
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Home and Community-Based Services Waivers - Children’s Choice Waiver – Unit of Reimbursement LAC 50:XXI.12101
Amends the provisions governing the Children’s Choice Waiver in order to further clarify the reimbursement methodology, remove language that provides historical information pertaining to rate reimbursement and revise the terminology associated with Children’s Choice Waiver reimbursements.
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Home and Community-Based Services Waivers - Community Choices Waiver - Unit of Reimbursement LAC 50:XXI.9501
Amends the provisions governing the Community Choices Waiver in order to further clarify the reimbursement methodology, remove language that provides historical information pertaining to the rate reimbursement and revise the terminology associated with Community Choices Waiver reimbursements.
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Administrative Procedures - Tribal Consultation Process LAC 50:I.105
Repeals and replaces the provisions governing recipient appeals and fair hearings in the May 20, 1996 Rule in order to update the provisions to be consistent with current operations, and to repromulgate the provisions in a clear and concise manner for inclusion in the Louisiana Administrative Code.
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March 2016 Legislative Oversight Committee Activity
The March 2016 Legislative Oversight Committee reports have been submitted to the respective legislative oversight committees in accordance with R.S. 49:968(D)(1)(b)(c)
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Health Department Advises Residents and Restaurants in Flood-Affected Areas
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals offers advice to Louisiana residents with private drinking water wells and to restaurants that are in areas affected by last week’s storm system that caused flooding throughout the state. Also, a fourth death that is attributed to the storm has been confirmed by the Natchitoches Parish Coroner.
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DHH Advises Caution to Residents in Flooded Areas
Louisiana is currently experiencing floods due to severe weather in many regions throughout the state. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) advises all Louisiana residents to be aware of the dangers flood waters pose and to take all appropriate precautions.
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Governor Edwards Declares Severe Weather Awareness Week
Governor John Bel Edwards has declared this week to be “Severe Weather Awareness Week” in Louisiana. The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP), the National Weather Service (NWS) and other partners encourage the public to get a game plan to protect themselves, their families and their homes in the event of severe weather.
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DHH Statement on Abortion Ruling
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans’ ruled on Wednesday, February 24 that a 2014 Louisiana law, known as Act 620, can now be enforced in Louisiana. Under that law, physicians providing abortions in the state of Louisiana must have admitting privileges to a hospital not more than 30 miles away from the location at which an abortion is performed or induced.
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Secretary Gee to Appear on Louisiana Public Square, Discuss Medicaid Expansion
Dr. Rebekah Gee, DHH secretary, will appear on Louisiana Public Square tomorrow night (Wednesday, February 24) at 7 p.m. on LPB HD and WLAE in New Orleans. She and her fellow panelists will discuss how expanding Medicaid will affect the lives of those who will now have access to health care, what expansion will mean for the cost of health care and insurance for everyone else in the state, how hospitals will be affected and more.
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Health Department Improves Drinking Water in Avoyelles Parish
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals awarded a $2.1 million loan to Waterworks District No. 1 of Avoyelles Parish through the State’s Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund. This low-interest subsidized loan will benefit Avoyelles Parish residents by enabling improvements to the drinking water system.