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Adopts provisions establishing the standards for participation for fiscal employer agents that provide financial management services for self-directed home and community-based waiver services administered by the Office of Aging and Adult Services and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities.
Continues the provisions of the July 1, 2023 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing provider fees for emergency ground ambulance services in order to ensure that the language in the administrative rule reflects the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requirement that reimbursement for these services transition from the Full Medicaid Pricing program to an approved federal supplemental payment program.
Amends the provisions governing the Direct Service Worker (DSW) Registry to ensure that prior to hiring a DSW or trainee, the licensed and/or certified health care provider ensures that the individuals are at least 18 years of age or that the individuals are at least 16 years of age and have received an age restriction exception from the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities or the Office of Aging and Adult Services.
The June 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)
Under the authority of R.S. 14:87.1, and in accordance with R.S. 49:950 et seq., the Administrative Procedure Act, notice is hereby given that the Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health (LDH-OPH), intends to promulgate the following rule in LAC Title 48, Part I, Subpart 1, Chapter 4.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is raising awareness and urging residents to avoid areas with blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, due to the algal bloom observed in Lake Pontchartrain by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) and recent sightings of algal blooms in other waterbodies.
Amends the provisions governing directed payments to qualifying hospitals that participate in the Healthy Louisiana Program and contract with the Medicaid managed care organizations in order to reserve the right to discontinue interim directed payments to any hospital whose projected recoupment is greater than 50 percent or who discontinues operations during or prior to the directed payment contract period. .