Behavioral Health Service Providers
LISTING OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITIES FOR PERSONS SEEKING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
Click the links below for listings of Behavioral Health Service facilities, including inpatient programs:
- Psychiatric Units and Hospitals
- Current Behavioral Health Service Providers by regions, including License Effective Date
THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE TELEPHONE NUMBER: 1-800-273-8255
Behavioral Health Facility Need Review (FNR) Information:
Click here to access the Facility Need Review website, including the Facility Need Review Rule.
- Effective August 1, 2024| Act No. 692- 2024 Legislative Session: Facility Need Review - Residential Substance Abuse Treatment: click here September 25, 2024| Act No. 692 Updated Memo: Facility Need Review for Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Providers: click here
- FNR applies to all BHS Providers adding CPST (Community Psychiatric Support and Treatment) and/or PSR (Psychosocial Rehabilitation).
- FNR applies to BHS Providers that currently provide CPST and/or PSR services that would like to make the following change(s):
- To Change Locations: click here
- To Undergo a Change of Ownership: click here
- Adding an Off-site of CPST and/or PSR:
- If you want to add an off-site inside your service area and you currently provide CPST and/or PSR, you do not need to complete FNR.
- If you want to add an off-site inside your service area and you do not currently provide CPST and/or PSR, you do need to complete FNR.
- If you want to add an off-site outside your service area and you do want to provide CPST and/or PSR, you do need to complete FNR. (This would require a new BHS application for a new license.)
- If you want to add an off-site outside your service area and you do not want to provide CPST and/or PSR, you do not need to complete FNR. (This would require a new BHS application for a new license.)
A BHS provider may NOT relocate without prior department approval.Such regulatory non-compliance WILL result in action(s) taken against your BHS license by our department.
Substance Use/Addiction programs must maintain by hire or written agreement, the oversight of those services by a Board Certified Addictionologist
Behavioral Health Service (BHS) Provider:
A facility, agency, institution, person, society, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, group, or other legal entity that provides behavioral health services, such as mental health services, substance abuse/addiction treatment services, or a combination of such services, for adults, adolescents and children and presents itself to thepublic as a provider of behavioral health services.
Attention Residential Substance Use Disorder Facilities:
Effective January 1, 2021 all BHS facilities that provide residential substance abuse/addiction treatment services and that provide treatment for opioid use disorders shall provide the follow:
- Onsite access to at least one form of FDA approved opioid antagonist treatment
- Onsite access to at least one form of FDA approved opioid agonist treatment
*Please reference ACT NO.425: click here
- Behavioral Health Services LAC 48:1 Chapters 56 & 57
- Emergency Rule, Behavioral Health Service Providers – Effective November 13, 2024.
- BHSPs Notice of Intent published in the January 2025 edition of the Louisiana Register
- BHSPs 5603 and 5617 Notice of Intent published in the January 2025 edition of the Louisiana Register
- Louisiana Register Vol. 44, No. 12 December 20, 2018- Chapter 41 Expedited Licensing Process for Healthcare Facilities and Providers Licensed by the Department of Health
- Application
- Initial Licensing Checklist
- Annual Licensure Renewal Checklist (UPDATED)**
- Email your licensing packet to: HSS-BH-LICENSING@la.gov
- Financial Viability & Line of Credit R.S.40:2153
- HSS Fee Schedule
- Payment Procedure
- Louisiana State Fire Marshal Plan Review Portal- Ph. 225-925-4920
- Attestation to Plan Review Cautionary Items
- Sanitation Inspections (Public Health)- Ph. 225-342-7550
- Organizational Chart Template
- Providers in Direct Care of Children R.S.15:587.1
- Criminal Background Check Information
- Disclosure of Ownership 1513L
- Memos
- Adding a Service or Offsite
- Change of Address, Key Personnel, or Name
- Change of Ownership
- DSW Registry and Adverse Action Memo (new-effective 10/01/2018)
- Emergency Preparedness
- Public Health Request to Re-open form
- OSFM -All Hazard Healthcare Facility Assessment Information
- LDH-HSS Requirement to Re-occupy and Re-open Post-emergengy Events
- Developing an All Hazards Risk Assessment and Emergency Plan
- DH Plan Review WAIVER
- Behavioral Health Service Providers with Treatment Beds
- American Society of Addictive Medicine (ASAM)- Levels of Care
- Office of Public Health Ph. 225-342-8093
- Office of State Fire Marshall Ph. 225-925-4270
- Office of State Fire Marshall- Click here for OSFM portal
- Behavioral Health Services Intital Survey template- Click here
- Currently Licensed BHS Locations (updated weekly)
- Click here for BHSP in Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Format, inclusive of Lic.Exp Dates
- Complaints- Click here for the Complaints website
Renewal Contact Information
Tonja Collier
Email: HSS-BH-Licensing@la.gov
Phone: 225-342-6445
Program Manager Contact Information
Email: Rickie.Callegan@la.gov
Phone: 225-342-2207