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Baton Rouge, Louisiana - April 17, 2025 - The department proposes to amend the provisions governing the licensing of case management in order to: (1) modify qualifications for case managers and supervisors, (2) adjust the timeframe in which providers must respond to the department’s written report of licensing inspection findings, (3) change how often a case manager must conduct visits with the consumer/guardian as part of the linkage and monitoring/follow-up process, and (4) require the development of policy and procedure for preventing, responding to, reporting, and mitigating instances of healthcare workplace violence. Amends the provisions governing targeted case management (TCM) under the New Opportunities Waiver, early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment, and the EarlySteps Program in order to clarify language and ensure the requirements for TCM services are accurately reflected throughout the administrative Rule.
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana – April 17, 2025 - The department proposes to amend the provisions governing the licensing of hospitals in order to comply with the requirements of the following Acts of the 2024 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature: Act 122 that requires hospital providers to, prior to discharge following birth, provide the mother and her family members information about post-birth warning signs, including symptoms and available resources; Act 398 relative to the installation and use of newborn safety devices as infant relinquish sites; Act 588 relative to the location of psychiatric facilities; Act 666 that allows for patient designation of an essential caregiver; and Act 737 that provides for discharge procedures and educational documents. In compliance with Acts 122, 398, 588, and 737, the department hereby proposes to amend the provisions governing the licensing of hospitals in order add the definition of forensic psychiatric hospital, to adjust requirements for the minimum contents of patient medical records, to add requirements for certain resuscitation equipment and supplies when a newborn safety device is located inside a hospital, and to update client discharge processes. Also, in compliance with Act 666, the department proposes to adopt provisions for the designation of an essential caregiver and circumstances for visitation
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana – April 17, 2025
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Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP) summaries for the nursing homes that evacuated in advance of Hurricane Ida:
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Audubon Health and Rehab, Lafourche Parish Chateau Terrebonne Health Care, Terrebonne Parish Heritage Manor of Houma, Terrebonne Parish Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family, Orleans Parish Lafourche Home for the Aged, Lafourche Parish Legacy Nursing & Rehab of Morgan City, St. Mary Parish Legacy Nursing & Rehab of Franklin, St. Mary Parish Luling Living Center, St. Charles Parish Maison DeVille Nursing Home-Houma, Inc., Terrebonne Parish Maison DeVille Nursing Home-Houma, Inc., Terrebonne Parish Maison DeVille Nursing Home-Houma, Inc., Terrebonne Parish Maison DeVille Nursing Home-Houma, Inc., Terrebonne Parish Maison DeVille Nursing Home of Harvey, Jefferson Parish Maison DeVille Nursing Home of Harvey, Jefferson Parish Maison DeVille Nursing Home of Harvey, Jefferson Parish Maison DeVille Nursing Home of Harvey, Jefferson Parish Maison Orleans Healthcare Center, Orleans Parish Maison Orleans Healthcare Center, Orleans Parish Maison Orleans Healthcare Center, Orleans Parish Maison Orleans Healthcare Center, Orleans Parish Marrero Healthcare Center, Jefferson Parish Ormond Nursing & Care Center, St. Charles Parish Park Place Healthcare Nursing Home, Jefferson Parish Park Place Healthcare Nursing Home, Jefferson Parish Patterson Healthcare Center, St. Mary Parish Riverbend Nursing & Rehab, Plaquemines Parish River Palms Nursing and Rehab, Orleans Parish River Palms Nursing and Rehab, Orleans Parish River Palms Nursing and Rehab, Orleans Parish River Palms Nursing and Rehab, Orleans Parish South Lafourche Nursing and Rehab, Lafourche Parish South Lafourche Nursing and Rehab, Lafourche Parish South Lafourche Nursing and Rehab, Lafourche Parish St. Jude’s Nursing Home, Orleans Parish St. Luke’s Living Center, Orleans Parish St. Margaret’s Daughter Home, Orleans Parish The Broadway Elder Living & Rehab, Lafourche Parish The Oaks of Houma, Terrebonne Parish Thibodaux Healthcare & Rehab Center, Lafourche Parish Twin Oaks Nursing Home, St. John the Baptist Parish Vermilion Healthcare Center, Vermilion Parish West Jefferson Health Care Center, Jefferson Parish West Jefferson Health Care Center, Jefferson Parish West Jefferson Health Care Center, Jefferson Parish West Jefferson Health Care Center, Jefferson Parish -
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Survey Criteria for Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness Plans & EPP Summary Checklist
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HB 123, Act 3: Provides relative to nursing home requirements and standards for emergency preparedness plans
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HB 291, Act 367: Provides for Visitation Policies at Certain Healthcare Facilities
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HB 319, Act 4: Repeals a provision of licensure by endorsement for nurses
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HB 320, Act 80: Provides relative to Nursing Education-enrolled
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HB 541, Act 27: Designates a portion of law as the "Lane Allen Gottschalck Law"
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SB 29, Act 35: Provides relative to the use of a surgical smoke plume evacuation system
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SB 52, Act 98: Provides for technical corrections beyond the authority of the Louisiana State Law Institute to certain citations in the Administrative Procedure Act
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