La. Rev. Stat. § 46:231 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 231
Aid to needy families; definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Subpart, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) "Adult paraphernalia store" means an establishment that has as a substantial or significant portion of its stock clothing, objects, tools, toys, or any other items distinguished or characterized by their association with sexual activity, including sexual conduct or sexual excitement.

(2)(a) "Amusement attraction" means a movie theater, video arcade, or any other building, structure, or place principally devoted to activities providing amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement.

(b) "Amusement attraction" does not include any enterprise principally devoted to the exhibition of products of agriculture, industry, education, including zoos and aquariums, science, religion, sports, or the arts.

(3) "Amusement ride" means any mechanized device or combination of devices which carries passengers along, around, or over a fixed or restricted course for the purpose of giving its passengers amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement. "Amusement ride" includes inflatables.

(4) "Applicant" means a parent or relative of the parent who applies for FITAP on behalf of a child.

(5) "Automated teller machine" means an electronic hardware device that is capable of dispensing currency and responding to balance inquiries through the use of a magnetic stripe card issued by or on behalf of the state for distribution of assistance through an electronic benefits transfer system as described in this Subpart.

(6) "Bail" means security given by a person to assure his appearance, or the appearance of a third party, before the proper court whenever required.

(7) "Bar" means a business that holds a Class A-General retail permit and the primary purpose of such business is to serve alcoholic beverages for consumption by guests on the premises and in which the serving of food is only incidental to the consumption of those beverages. Bars include, without limitation, taverns, saloons, nightclubs, cocktail lounges, and cabarets.

(8) "Cash assistance" means funds that the department provides through the Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program and the Kinship Care Subsidy Program to eligible beneficiaries for the purpose of assisting those persons in meeting ongoing basic needs.

(9) "Commercial body art facility" means any location, place, area, or business, whether permanent or temporary, that provides consumers access to personal services workers who for remuneration perform any of the following procedures:

(a) Tattooing or inserting pigment under the surface of the skin of a human being, by pricking with a needle or otherwise, to produce an indelible mark or figure visible under the skin.

(b) Body piercing or the creation of an opening in the body of a human being for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other decoration. For purposes of this Subpart, "body piercing" does not include piercing an ear with a disposable, single-use stud or solid needle that is applied using a mechanical device to force the needle or stud through the ear.

(c) Application of permanent cosmetics or pigments under the skin of a human being for the purpose of permanently changing the color or other appearance of the skin, including but not limited to permanent eyeliner, eye shadow, or lip color.

(10) "Cruise ship" means any commercial ship used for the domestic or international carriage of passengers.

NOTE: Paragraph (11) eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 478.

(11) "Department" means the Department of Children and Family Services.

NOTE: Paragraph (11) as amended by Acts 2025, No. 478, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

(11) "Department" means Louisiana Works.

(12) "Dependent child", in accordance with federal law and regulations relative to the TANF program, shall mean a needy child who meets all of the following criteria:

(a) A needy child under the age of eighteen or needy child under the age of nineteen who is a full-time student in a secondary school, or in the equivalent level of vocational or technical training, who may reasonably be expected to complete the program of such secondary school or training before attaining the age of nineteen.

(b) The child is living with his father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, or other relative, within the fifth degree, in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as his or their own home. For the purposes of this Subpart, all such persons shall be deemed as relatives, whether their relationship to the dependent child was acquired by adoption, marriage, or birth, and neither divorce nor death shall terminate such relationship.

(13) "Electronic benefits transfer transaction" and "EBT transaction" mean the use of a credit or debit card service, automated teller machine, point-of-sale terminal, or access to an online system for the withdrawal of funds.

(14) "Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program" or "FITAP" means the cash assistance program.

(15) "Family Success Agreement" means the mutually developed contract between a FITAP recipient, on behalf of their family, and the department that sets forth mutual and time-bound responsibilities, expectations, activities, and goals designed to transition a participant from welfare to self-sufficiency.

(16) "Federal Welfare Reform Act" means the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, Public Law 104-193, and applicable changes due to its reauthorization.

(17)(a) "Gaming establishment" means a gambling casino and any other establishment which provides gaming activities that are subject to regulation by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board.

(b) "Gaming establishment" does not include either of the following:

(i) A grocery store that sells groceries including staple foods and that also offers, or is located within the same building or complex as, casino activities, gambling, or gaming activities.

(ii) Any establishment that offers casino, gambling, or gaming activities that are incidental to the principal purpose of the business.

(18) "Jewelry" means an object or thing consisting of precious stones or precious metals worn as adornment or apparel, including costume jewelry.

(19)(a) "Liquor store" means any retail establishment that sells exclusively or primarily intoxicating liquor.

(b) "Liquor store" does not include a grocery store that sells both intoxicating liquor and groceries, including staple foods.

(20) "Nail salon" means a commercial establishment that provides nail services of any kind including but not limited to trimming, filing, decorating, shaping, sculpting, or in any way caring for the nails and skin of a person's hands or feet together with massaging the hands, arms, legs, and feet.

(21) "Point-of-sale terminal" means an electronic hardware device that meets all of the following criteria:

(a) May be utilized at a retailer's place of business where consumers pay for goods or services.

(b) Is capable of the following:

(i) Initiating a request for authorization of a purchase of tangible personal property.

(ii) Disbursing currency from an account.

(iii) Initiating a balance inquiry for an account.

(iv) Distributing assistance through an electronic benefits transfer system as described in this Subpart.

(22) "Psychic" means any person or establishment engaged in the occupation of occult science including a fortune teller, palmist, astrologist, numerologist, clairvoyant, craniologist, phrenologist, card reader, spiritual reader, tea leaf reader, prophet, or advisor who in any manner claims or pretends to tell fortunes or claims or pretends to disclose mental faculties of individuals for any form of compensation.

(23) "Recipient" or "FITAP recipient" means the parent or a relative of the parent who receives FITAP on behalf of a dependent child.

NOTE: Paragraph (24) eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 478.

(24) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services.

NOTE: Paragraph (24) as amended by Acts 2025, No. 478, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

(24) "Secretary" means the secretary of Louisiana Works.

(25) "Sexually oriented business" means any commercial enterprise that has as its primary business the offering of a service or the sale, rent, or exhibit of devices or any other items intended to provide sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to the customer.

(26) "State plan" means the state TANF block grant plan.

(27) "Strategies to Empower People" or "STEP" means the education, employment, training and related services program for families receiving cash assistance payments.

(28) "Temporary Assistance to Needy Families" or "TANF" means the federal block grant program established under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-193, and applicable changes due to its reauthorization.

(29) "Work-eligible" refers to families containing an adult under sixty years of age, or teen head of household, that is not disabled, incapacitated, or caring for a family member who is disabled or incapacitated as documented by a medical expert to which the status of disability is clearly established and explained. "Work-eligible" also excludes cases in which only the child portion of need that is unrelated to a sanction or penalty, known as a child-only case, is considered in determining eligibility.

Amended by Acts 1958, No. 405, §1; Acts 1960, No. 251, §1; Acts 1965, No. 18, §1; Acts 1966, No. 132, §1; Acts 1973, No. 175, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1981, Ex.Sess., No. 30, §1, eff. Nov. 19, 1981; Acts 1997, No. 1155, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2003, No. 58, §1; Acts 2004, No. 110, §1; Acts 2005, No. 428, §3, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2013, No. 285, §§1, 2, eff. June 14, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 842, §1, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2025, No. 478, §13, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:460.31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 460.31
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part, the following terms have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.

(2) "Managed care organization" shall have the same meaning as provided for that term in 42 CFR 438.2 and shall also mean any entity providing primary care case management services to Medicaid recipients pursuant to a contract with the department.

(3) "Medicaid" and "medical assistance program" mean the medical assistance program provided for in Title XIX of the Social Security Act.

(4) "Prepaid coordinated care network" means a private entity that contracts with the department to provide Medicaid benefits and services to enrollees of the Medicaid managed care program in exchange for a monthly prepaid capitated amount per member.

(5) "Primary care case management" means a system in which an entity contracts with the state to furnish case management services, which include but are not limited to the location, coordination, and monitoring of primary health care service to Medicaid beneficiaries.

(6) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.

Acts 2013, No. 312, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; Acts 2017, No. 349, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2412 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2412
Local foster care review boards; creation; appointment
Status: in_force

In each judicial district there shall be created at least one local citizen review board for every one hundred children referred to in R.S. 46:2417. Each such local citizen review board shall be composed of five members appointed by the court. The court may authorize the creation of additional local citizen review boards as needed.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 610, §1; eff. July 1, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:460.77.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 460.77.1
Behavioral health services claims; limitation on service hours; information required for payment
Status: in_force

A.(1) For purposes of this Section, "CPST services" means community psychiatric support and treatment services and "PSR services" means psychosocial rehabilitation services.

(2) An individual behavioral health services provider rendering CPST services, PSR services, or both shall be limited to a maximum combined total of twelve reimbursable hours of CPST services and PSR services per rendering provider, per calendar day, regardless of the number of patients seen by the rendering provider unless any of the following conditions are met:

(a) The medical necessity of the services is documented for a Medicaid recipient receiving more than twelve hours of CPST and PSR services per day per rendering provider.

(b) The services are billed for a group setting. However, the total hours worked by an individual rendering provider shall not exceed twelve reimbursable hours per calendar day.

(c) The services are billed for crisis intervention.

(3)(a) Services subject to the twelve-hour limitation provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection include only CPST and PSR services rendered per individual National Provider Identifier at one or more outpatient behavioral health services provider facilities or agencies within a calendar day.

(b) The twelve-hour limitation provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection shall not apply per individual behavioral health services provider agency.

(4)(a) Except as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, the provisions of this Subsection shall apply exclusively to CPST services and PSR services.

(b) The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to evidence-based practices including, without limitation, the practices known as assertive community treatment, multisystemic therapy, functional therapy, and homebuilders.

B. No managed care organization shall accept for payment a claim from a provider of behavioral health services unless that claim includes all claim information required by R.S. 40:2162.

C. The department shall include the limitation on reimbursable hours of CPST and PSR services provided in Subsection A of this Section in each contract with a managed care organization that covers behavioral health services.

D. Implementation of any provision of this Section shall be subject to approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Acts 2019, No. 370, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2253 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2253
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Chapter the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Adaptive devices" means any items utilized to compensate for a physical or mental impairment, including, but not limited to, braces or other supports, wheelchairs, talking boards, hearing aids, corrective devices, corrective lenses, or seeing eye dogs.

(2) "ANSI" means the American National Standards Institute specifications "Making Building & Facilities accessible to and usable by Physically Handicapped People, ANSI A 117.1 (1977)."

(3) "Discrimination" shall include unreasonable segregation or separation

(4) "Educational institution" means a public or private institution and includes an academy, college, university, elementary or secondary school, extension course, kindergarten, day care center, school system, or school district, and a business, nursing, professional, secretarial, technical, trade or vocational school, and includes an agent of an educational institution; however, it does not include any such institution, school or facility which receives no state or federal funds.

(5) "Financial assistance" means any grant of funds, loans, services of public personnel, or interest in or use of real or personal property from the state or any political subdivision thereof.

(6) "Housing accommodation" includes improved or unimproved real property, or a part thereof, which is used or occupied, or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied, as the home residence or sleeping place of one or more persons.

(7) "Immediate family" means a spouse, parent, child, or sibling.

(8) "Impairment" means an intellectual disability; any physical or physiological disorder or condition, or prior mental disorder or condition, but does not include chronic alcoholism or any other form of active drug addiction; any cosmetic disfigurement; or an anatomical loss of body systems.

(9) "Major life activities" mean functions such as caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.

(10) "Otherwise qualified person with a disability" means:

(a) With respect to educational services, a person with a disability who meets the academic and technical standards requisite to admission or participation in educational and extracurricular activities and programs.

(b) With respect to other services, a person with a disability who meets the essential eligibility requirements for the receipt of such services.

(11) "Person" includes an individual, agent, association, corporation, joint stock company, labor union, legal representative, mutual company, partnership, receiver, trust, trustee in bankruptcy, unincorporated organization, the state, or any other legal or commercial entity or state, local or political governmental entity or agency; except that, the persons presently in compliance with federal statutes regarding discrimination of persons who are elderly and persons with disabilities are excluded.

(12) "Person with a disability" means any person who has an impairment which substantially limits one or more life activities or (a) has a record of such an impairment or (b) is regarded as having such an impairment.

(13) "Real estate broker or salesman" means a person, firm, or corporation, whether licensed or not, who, with the expectation of receiving a consideration, lists, sells, purchases, exchanges, rents, or leases, real property; or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate any of these activities; or who holds himself out as engaged in these activities; or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate a loan to be secured by a mortgage or other encumbrance upon real property; or who is engaged in the business of listing real property in a publication; or a person employed by or acting on behalf of any of these persons.

(14) "Real estate transaction" means the sale, exchange, rental, or lease of real property, or an interest therein.

(15) "Real property" includes a building, structure, mobile home, real estate, land, mobile home park, trailer park, tenement, leasehold, or an interest in a real estate cooperative or condominium whether of a residential, commercial, or industrial nature.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 665, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 623, §1; Acts 1985, No. 364, §1, eff. July 9, 1985; Acts 1997, No. 1409, §§2, 4, eff. Aug. 1, 1997; Acts 2014, No. 811, §24, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 206, §7.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1843 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1843
Eligibility of victims
Status: in_force

A victim has the rights and is eligible for the services under this Chapter regardless of when the victim reported the crime to law enforcement authorities.

Acts 1985, No. 794, §1; Acts 2017, No. 337, §1; Acts 2022, No. 207, §1; Acts 2022, No. 411, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2252 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2252
Purpose
Status: in_force

A. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the state has the responsibility to act to assure that every individual within the state is afforded an equal opportunity to enjoy a full and productive life and that the failure to provide such equal opportunity, whether because of discrimination, prejudice, or intolerance not only threatens the rights and proper privileges of its inhabitants but menaces the institutions, the foundation of a free democratic state, and threatens the peace, order, health, safety, and general welfare of the state and its inhabitants.

B. The opportunity to obtain education, housing, and other real estate and full and equal utilization of public services and programs without discrimination on the basis of a disability is a civil right.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 665, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1409, §2, eff. Aug. 1, 1997; Acts 2014, No. 811, §24, eff. June 23, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:153.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 153.3
Medical vendor reimbursements; allowable restrictions; peer-based prescribing and dispensing practice patterns; Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Legislature recognizes the need to ensure that the state delivers a medical assistance program which is cost effective and prudently administered. The legislature acknowledges that rising health care costs are creating an increased demand on the state's limited revenues. Further, the legislature finds that cost effective programs such as the medical assistance drug program optimize existing fiscal resources while improving the quality of patient care and reducing the need for more expensive health care services.

B.(1) The department may limit ingredient reimbursement for multi-source prescription drugs in accordance with state and federal law.

(2)(a) The department shall establish a single preferred drug list that utilizes a prior approval process or any other process or combination of processes that prove to be cost-effective in the medical assistance program. The single preferred drug list shall include all covered therapeutic drug classes that are subject to prior authorization. At a minimum any prior approval process shall meet all of the following criteria:

(i) Provide for a response by telephone or other form of telecommunication device within a maximum of twenty-four hours of a request for prior authorization.

(ii) Provide for the dispensing of a minimum of a seventy-two hour supply of a covered outpatient prescription drug in an emergency situation as provided by federal rule or regulation.

(iii) Comply with federal laws, rules, and regulations.

(iv) Involve medical personnel, including but not limited to pharmacists and physicians.

(v) Assure that a qualified, licensed physician is available for consultation during the prior approval process.

(b) The department may enter into contractual arrangements to perform the prior approval function and the development of the preferred drug list with a Louisiana school of medicine, a Louisiana school of pharmacy, the fiscal intermediary for the Medicaid program, or such other qualified contractor that it deems appropriate. The department may, at the expiration of any current contractual obligation, enter into contractual arrangements through a public request for proposal process to perform the development of the preferred drug list.

(c) The department is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Paragraph.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 339, §2, eff. June 2, 2016.

(e) Each year the department shall provide a written and public report to the legislature and the governor thirty days prior to the regular legislative session. The report shall cover:

(i) The cost of administering the preferred drug list, including the cost of administering the prior authorization function, the costs of development and maintenance of the preferred drug list and aggregate funds, returned to the federal government related to pharmaceutical rebates.

(ii) An analysis of the utilization trends for medical services provided by the state and any correlation to the preferred drug list.

(3), (4) Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 339, §2, eff. June 2, 2016.

C.(1) The department shall not restrict by prior authorization any anti-retroviral prescription drug prescribed and determined by a prescribing practitioner licensed by the state to be medically necessary for the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS. Such anti-retroviral prescription drugs include but are not limited to protease inhibitors, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, anti-virals, and fusion inhibitors prescribed for the treatment of HIV/AIDS.

(2) The department shall not restrict by prior authorization any prescription drug prescribed to an adult patient and determined by a prescribing practitioner licensed by the state to be medically necessary for the treatment and prevention of schizophrenia and schizotypal or any delusion disorders, including but not limited to first episode psychosis, if either of the following conditions are met and the request is in accordance with federal requirements:

(a) During the preceding year, the patient was prescribed and unsuccessfully treated with a preferred drug, whether a brand or generic drug.

(b) The patient has previously been prescribed and obtained prior authorization for the nonpreferred prescribed drug.

(3) Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 339, §2, eff. June 2, 2016.

(4) The department shall include data from the atypical antipsychotic drug class and the immunomodulator and hepatitis C – specific antiviral drug class with the data collected on all drug classes reviewed on the Medicaid preferred drug list for the annual report to the legislature and governor as required by Subparagraph(B)(2)(e) of this Section.

D.(1) The Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee, hereinafter referred to as "the committee", is hereby created within the Louisiana Department of Health. The committee shall be composed of fifteen members appointed by the governor and submitted to the Senate for confirmation. The governor shall ensure that appointments achieve race, gender, and geographic diversity.

(2)(a) Each nominating organization shall certify by affidavit that the practice of each nominee involves either the care of or the supervision of the care of Medicaid recipients. The committee shall be comprised of the following:

(i) One physician nominated by the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.

(ii) One physician nominated by Tulane University School of Medicine.

(iii) Four physicians nominated by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.

(iv) One pharmacist nominated by the University of Louisiana at Monroe School of Pharmacy.

(v) One pharmacist nominated by the Xavier University of Louisiana School of Pharmacy.

(vi) Two practicing pharmacists nominated by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy. One pharmacist shall be an independent pharmacist and one pharmacist shall be a pharmacist representing a chain pharmacy.

(vii) The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, or his designee.

(viii) The director of the Medicaid program in the Louisiana Department of Health or his designee.

(ix) The president of the Senate or the president's designee.

(x) The speaker of the House of Representatives or the speaker's designee.

(xi) A consumer member who shall be a Medicaid recipient.

(b) Any committee member who misses two consecutive meetings may be replaced. The department may send notice to the nominating organization upon the second recorded absence. The nominating organization shall have thirty calendar days from issuance of the notice to submit replacement nominations to the office of the governor. If replacement nominations are not received within thirty days, the department shall nominate a replacement.

(3) Other physicians who participate in various subspecialties may act as consultants to the committee as needed.

(4) Members of the committee shall be governed by either the Code of Governmental Ethics, R.S. 42:1101 et seq. or the code of ethics governing their respective profession.

(5)(a) The committee shall meet only in public and shall permit public comment prior to voting on any changes in the preferred drug list. Minutes of the meeting shall be made available to the public within five days after the minutes are approved. All documents that are distributed to the committee and not subject to state or federal confidentiality laws shall be made available to the public within five days after the committee meets.

(b) The committee shall be responsible for developing and maintaining a preferred drug list established in conjunction with a prior approval process as provided in Subparagraph (B)(2)(a) of this Section. The preferred drug list shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws, rules, and regulations. The committee may recommend additions and deletions to the preferred drug list and the preferred drug list may change in accordance with those recommendations. The committee shall also advise the secretary of the department on policy recommendations related to the prudent administration of the Medicaid drug program. The secretary shall assure that all actions of the committee comply with applicable state and federal laws, rules, and regulations prior to implementation or modification of the preferred drug list. The clinical decisions regarding the preferred drug list shall be made transparent through a written report that is publicly available. If the decision of the Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee is contrary to the clinical evidence found in labeling, drug compendia, or peer review literature, such decisions shall be justified in writing.

(c) Any new drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration may be added to the preferred drug list when it becomes commercially available and the manufacturer enters into a federal medicaid drug rebate program if the department determines it is in the best interest of the medical assistance program. The Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee shall conduct an evidence-based analysis of the drug to determine if the drug shall be maintained on the preferred drug list. The analysis shall include but not be limited to the medical evidence of the clinical effectiveness of the drug as well as evidence of the cost-effectiveness of the drug in treating illness and disease. When a new drug that is included in the Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee process is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, the drug shall be reviewed at the next Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee meeting.

(d), (e) Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 339, §2, eff. June 2, 2016.

Acts 1989, No. 403, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 1995, No. 991, §1; Acts 1999, No. 795, §1; Acts 1999, No. 802, §7, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 1245, §1; Acts 2001, No. 395, §1, eff. June 13, 2001; Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1264, §1; Acts 2004, No. 653, §1; Acts 2004, No. 677, §1; Acts 2004, No. 705, §1; Acts 2005, No. 177, §1, eff. June 28, 2005, and §2, eff. June 30, 2007; Acts 2006, No. 801, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2016, No. 339, §§1, 2, eff. June 2, 2016; Acts 2018, No. 644, §1; Acts 2019, No. 263, §1; Acts 2022, No. 76, §1.

*Acts 2006, No. 17.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2424 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2424
State citizen review board; creation; appointment; terms; meetings
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created a state citizen review board. The state citizen review board shall consist of seven persons to be appointed by the governor, at least four of whom shall be members of local citizen review boards. Employees of the department and agencies regulated by the department shall be prohibited from serving on the state citizen review board. The remaining members shall have a demonstrated interest in foster care or child welfare.

B. Of the initial appointees, one member shall be designated to serve a term of one year, three members to serve a term of two years, and three members to serve a term of three years. All subsequent board members shall serve a term of three years. In the event a vacancy occurs a successor shall be appointed to serve the unexpired term.

C. The term of each member shall expire on August first of the appropriate year. Members may be reappointed and shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed.

D. The state citizen review board shall annually elect a chairman and a vice-chairman. The vice-chairman shall serve in the absence of the chairman.

E. The state citizen review board shall meet at a place designated by the governor at least twice annually, and more frequently upon the call of the chairman, or as the board shall determine.

F. Members of the state citizen review board shall receive compensation only for travel mileage cost and overnight lodging at a rate consistent with that provided to state employees under state law, to the extent that the legislature appropriates funds for such costs.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 610, §1; eff. July 1, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2711 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2711
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

A. The consumer protection section may adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to establish appropriate safety standards for cribs.

B. The consumer protection section shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to provide for the compilation, maintenance, and distribution of a comprehensive listing of children's products that have been identified as meeting any of the criteria set forth in R.S. 46:2704.

C. The department may adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to administer the provisions of this Chapter relative to child care licensing and registration standards.

Acts 2001, No. 1164, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1862 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1862
Confidentiality; information sharing
Status: in_force

A. If a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) conference is formed under this statute and the district attorney and chief law enforcement agency in the parish participate, the MDT may obtain information from any public agency, department, or other organization, including material otherwise made confidential or privileged. Any confidential or privileged material or information obtained by an MDT member shall be disclosed only as necessary to other persons providing services to the same victim, and shall not be disclosed to an agency or individual outside of the family justice center unless otherwise required by law or court order.

B. The files, reports, records, communications, working papers, or any other material or information used or developed in providing services to a victim at the family justice center are confidential and not subject to the Public Records Law. Disclosure may be made only to another person providing services at the family justice center to the same victim and who needs access to the information or material in order to perform his duties and provide services to the victim consistent with the provisions of this Chapter.

C.(1) Each family justice center shall maintain a client consent policy and shall comply with all state and federal laws protecting the confidentiality rights and identity of the victim. Each family justice center shall have a designated privacy officer to develop and oversee privacy policies and procedures consistent with state and federal privacy laws.

(2) Each family justice center is required to obtain informed, written, and reasonably time-limited consent from the victim before sharing information obtained from the victim with any staff member, agency partner, or personnel providing services at the family justice center except as provided by the following:

(a) A family justice center is not required to obtain consent from the victim before sharing information obtained from the victim with any staff member, agency partner, or personnel who is also a mandatory reporter, a peace officer, or a member of the prosecuting team who is required by law to report or disclose specific information or incidents.

(b) Each family justice center is required to inform the victim that the information shared with staff members, partner agencies, or other personnel at the family justice center may be shared with law enforcement professionals without the victim's consent if there is a mandatory duty to report as required by law or the victim is a danger to himself or others. Each family justice center shall obtain written acknowledgment from the victim that the victim has been informed of this policy.

(3) Consent by the victim to share information within a family justice center pursuant to the provisions of this Section is not a universal waiver of any existing evidentiary privilege or confidentiality provision provided by law.

(4) Any oral or written communication or any document authorized by the victim to be shared for the purposes of enhancing safety and providing more effective and efficient services to the victim shall not be disclosed to any third party, unless that third-party disclosure is authorized by the victim, or required by other state or federal law or by court order.

D. Each family justice center shall maintain a formal training program with mandatory training of not less than eight hours per year for all persons providing services at the family justice center, including but not limited to training on evidentiary privileges, confidentiality provisions, information sharing, risk assessment, safety planning, victim advocacy, and high-risk case response.

Acts 2015, No. 327, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:460.62 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 460.62
Interim credentialing requirements
Status: in_force

A. Under certain circumstances and when the provisions of this Subsection are met, a managed care organization contracting with a group of healthcare providers that bills a managed care organization utilizing a group identification number, such as the group federal tax identification number or the group National Provider Identifier as set forth in 45 CFR 162.402 et seq., shall pay the contracted reimbursement rate of the provider group for covered healthcare services rendered by a new provider to the group without healthcare provider credentialing as described in this Subpart. In addition, the managed care organization shall consider the new provider to be an in-network or participating provider for the purposes of any utilization management or prior authorization processes required by the health insurance issuer for that provider group. This provision shall apply in either of the following circumstances:

(1) When the new provider has already been credentialed by the managed care organization, and the provider's credentialing is still active with the managed care organization.

(2) When the managed care organization has received the required credentialing application that is correctly and fully completed including proof of membership on a hospital medical staff from the new provider, and the managed care organization has not notified the provider group that credentialing of the new provider has been denied. If the new provider is an advanced practice registered nurse or a physician assistant licensed in Louisiana, proof of membership on a hospital medical staff shall not be required, if the provider provides a written attestation identifying the collaborating or supervising physician, if a physician relationship is required by law.

B. A managed care organization shall comply with the provisions of Subsection A of this Section no later than thirty days after receipt of a written request from the provider group.

C. Compliance by a managed care organization with the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not be construed to mean that a provider has been credentialed by the managed care organization, or the managed care organization shall be required to list the provider in a directory of contracted healthcare providers.

D. If, after compliance with Subsection A of this Section, a managed care organization completes the credentialing process on the new provider and determines the provider does not meet the managed care organization's credentialing requirements, the managed care organization may recover from the provider or the provider group an amount equal to the difference between appropriate payments for in-network benefits and out-of-network benefits, if the managed care organization has notified the applicant provider of the adverse determination and the prepaid entity has initiated action regarding the recovery within thirty days of the adverse determination.

Acts 2013, No. 358, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 281, §2; Acts 2021, No. 79, §2, eff. June 4, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:236.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 236.16
Child support mortgage and privilege by affidavit; effect of filing
Status: in_force

A. The director of the child support enforcement section, office of children and family services, Department of Children and Family Services may cause a "Child Support Mortgage and Privilege by Affidavit of DCFS", as provided in R.S. 13:4291(B), to be recorded in the mortgage records of any parish in which the support obligor owns movable or immovable property, and with the office of the secretary of state for inclusion in the master index authorized under R.S. 10:9-519. Such affidavit when filed shall operate as a first lien, privilege, and legal mortgage on all of the movable and immovable property of the support obligor only from the date of such filing, and shall not affect liens, privileges, chattel mortgages, or security interests as provided in R.S. 10:9-101 et seq. or mortgages already affecting or burdening such property at the date of such filing. Such filing shall apply to all unpaid support obligations that may accrue after such filing, and the property of the support obligor shall be subject to seizure and sale for the payment of such support obligation and arrearages according to the preference and rank of the lien, privilege, security interest, and mortgage securing their payment. Notwithstanding any provision of this Subsection, such affidavit shall not operate as a lien, privilege, or legal mortgage on any licensed or titled motor vehicle.

B. The director of the child support enforcement section, office of children and family services, Department of Children and Family Services, or his designee, may release all or any portion of the property subject to any lien or judgment obtained pursuant to this Section from such lien or judgment, or may subordinate such lien or judgment to other liens and encumbrances if he determines that the support obligation and arrearages are sufficiently secured by a lien or judgment on other property or through other security, or that the release, partial release, or subordination of such lien or judgment will not endanger or jeopardize the collection of support obligations or arrearages.

NOTE: §236.16 as amended by Acts 2025, No. 477, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

§236.16. Child support mortgage and privilege by affidavit; effect of filing

A. The program executive director of the office of child support, Department of Children and Family Services may cause a "Child Support Mortgage and Privilege by Affidavit of DCFS", as provided in R.S. 13:4291(B), to be recorded in the mortgage records of any parish in which the support obligor owns movable or immovable property, and with the office of the secretary of state for inclusion in the master index authorized under R.S. 10:9-519. Such affidavit when filed shall operate as a first lien, privilege, and legal mortgage on all of the movable and immovable property of the support obligor only from the date of such filing, and shall not affect liens, privileges, chattel mortgages, or security interests as provided in R.S. 10:9-101 et seq. or mortgages already affecting or burdening such property at the date of such filing. Such filing shall apply to all unpaid support obligations that may accrue after such filing, and the property of the support obligor shall be subject to seizure and sale for the payment of such support obligation and arrearages according to the preference and rank of the lien, privilege, security interest, and mortgage securing their payment. Notwithstanding any provision of this Subsection, such affidavit shall not operate as a lien, privilege, or legal mortgage on any licensed or titled motor vehicle.

B. The assistant secretary of the office of child support, Department of Children and Family Services, or his designee, may release all or any portion of the property subject to any lien or judgment obtained pursuant to this Section from such lien or judgment, or may subordinate such lien or judgment to other liens and encumbrances if he determines that the support obligation and arrearages are sufficiently secured by a lien or judgment on other property or through other security, or that the release, partial release, or subordination of such lien or judgment will not endanger or jeopardize the collection of support obligations or arrearages.

Acts 1997, No. 1118, §2; Acts 2001, No. 128, §16, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2012, No. 255, §7; Acts 2025, No. 477, §15, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:231.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 231.3
FITAP benefits; prohibited uses
Status: in_force

A. A person who receives FITAP benefits shall not use such benefits in an electronic benefits transfer transaction in any of the following places:

(1) A liquor store.

(2) A gaming establishment.

(3) A retail establishment that provides adult-oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state for entertainment purposes.

(4) An adult bookstore.

(5) An adult paraphernalia store.

(6) A sexually oriented business.

(7) A commercial body art facility.

(8) A nail salon.

(9) A jewelry store.

(10) An amusement ride.

(11) An amusement attraction.

(12) A bail bonds company.

(13) A bar.

(14) A cruise ship.

(15) A psychic business.

(16) An establishment where persons under eighteen years of age are not permitted to enter.

B. A person who receives FITAP benefits shall not use such benefits in any electronic benefits transfer transaction at a retailer for the purchase of any of the following:

(1) An alcoholic beverage as defined in R.S. 14:93.10.

(2) A tobacco product as defined in R.S. 14:91.6(B).

(3) A ticket for a lottery as defined in R.S. 47:9002.

(4) Jewelry as defined in R.S. 46:231.

C. The FITAP case of any recipient who violates the provisions of this Section shall be closed in accordance with the following schedule:

(1) Case closure for a period of twelve months for the first violation.

(2) Case closure for a period of twenty-four months for the second violation.

(3) Permanent case closure for the third violation.

D. A person whose FITAP case is closed pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall have the right to a hearing conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

Acts 2014, No. 842, §1, eff. June 23, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1442 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1442
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that the development of intergenerational child care programs is desirable and should be encouraged and fostered by the state. The number of elderly in the state has increased dramatically in the past decade. The elderly represent a largely untapped and growing community resource. Encouraging the elderly to work in child care provides an opportunity to address many difficult problems, including generational isolation, unemployment among the elderly, and a shortage of workers for child care positions. Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature to provide for the development of intergenerational child care programs.

Acts 1990, No. 1087, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:463 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 463
Farms or manufactories recognized as public works
Status: in_force

If parish governing authorities shall establish any farms or manufactories, or embark in any farming or manufacturing enterprises, to carry out the object of this Part, they shall be regarded and recognized as public works within the meaning of the law.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:288.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 288.8
Termination
Status: in_force

A. A youth may choose to terminate the extended foster care voluntary placement agreement and stop receiving extended foster care services at any time.

B. If, at any time, the department determines that the youth is not in compliance with the extended foster care voluntary placement agreement or any program requirements, the department may terminate the extended foster care voluntary placement agreement with the youth and stop providing extended foster care services to the youth. The department shall provide written or electronic notice to the youth regarding termination of the extended foster care voluntary placement agreement and the youth's participation in the program.

Acts 2019, No. 400, §2, eff. June 19, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:460.36 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 460.36
Pharmacy reimbursement by managed care organizations
Status: in_force

A. Words and terms used in this Section shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.

(2) "Legacy Medicaid rate" means the lesser of one of the following:

(a) The published Medicaid fee-for-service reimbursement rate for the combination of the ingredient cost and dispensing fee in use for the current approved Medicaid state plan in effect on the date of service.

(b) The usual and customary charge. This charge shall be the price the provider most frequently charges the general public for the same drug unless otherwise defined in the current approved Medicaid state plan in effect on the date of service.

(c) The pharmacy's submitted charge.

(3) "Local pharmacy" means any pharmacy, domiciled in at least one Louisiana parish that meets both of the following criteria:

(a) Contracts with the managed care organization or the managed care organization's contractor in its own name or through a pharmacy services administration organization and not under the authority of a group purchasing organization.

(b) Has fewer than ten retail outlets under its corporate umbrella.

B., C. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 301, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.

D. No managed care organization shall pay a local pharmacy a per-prescription reimbursement at a rate less than the legacy Medicaid rate.

E. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 301, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.

Acts 2015, No. 399, §2; Acts 2017, No. 301, §§1, 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:446.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 446.2
Third-party liability; acquisition of rights
Status: in_force

A. For purposes of R.S. 46:446.2 through 446.5, "third party" shall mean health and accident insurers, group health plans as defined in §607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, service benefit plans, hospital and medical service plans, health maintenance organizations, limited benefit health insurers, group blanket and franchise insurers, and state employee group benefits plan.

B. For purposes of R.S. 46:446.2 through 446.5, "department" shall mean the Louisiana Department of Health.

C. The state, through the department shall:

(1) Undertake all reasonable measures to ascertain the legal liability of third parties, including the collection of sufficient information to enable the department to pursue claims against such third parties. This information shall be collected at the time of any determination or redetermination of eligibility for Medicaid.

(2) Seek reimbursement for such assistance to the extent of such legal liability in any case where such a legal liability is found to exist after medical assistance has been made available on behalf of the individual and where the amount of reimbursement the department can reasonably expect to recover exceeds the cost of such recovery.

D. To the extent that payment for covered expenses has been made by Medicaid for health care items or services furnished to an individual, in any case where a third party has a legal liability to make payments, the state is deemed to have acquired the rights of the individual to payment by any other party for those health care items or services.

E. A third party that requires prior authorization for an item or service furnished to an individual eligible to receive medical assistance in accordance with this Title shall accept authorization provided by the department that the item or service is covered under the State Plan, or waiver of such plan, for such individual as if the authorization were a prior authorization made by the third party for the item or service.

F. A third party shall:

(1) Respond not later than sixty days after receiving any inquiry by the department regarding a claim for payment for any healthcare item or service that is submitted not later than three years after the date of the provision of the healthcare item or service.

(2) Not deny a claim submitted by the department solely on the basis of the date of submission of the claim, the type or format of the claim form, or a failure to present proper documentation at the point-of-sale that is the basis of the claim.

(3) Not deny a claim on the basis of failure to obtain a prior authorization for the item or service for which the claim is being submitted if the claim is submitted by the department within the three-year period beginning on the date on which the item or service was furnished and any action by the department to enforce its rights with respect to the claim is commenced within six years from the date that the department submitted the claim.

Acts 1995, No. 616, §1; Acts 2024, No. 486, §1, eff. May 23, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1062 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1062
Rules and regulations; contracts
Status: in_force

The hospital district or the commission of the hospital district shall have the power, and it shall be their duty to adopt rules and regulations for the proper conduct and operation of any hospital or medical facilities under its administration. They shall have the power and authority to enter into contracts for the construction of hospitals and medical facilities necessary for the administration of services for their district.

Acts 1950, No. 420, §12.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:236.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 236.8
Medical support orders; health insurance enforcement
Status: in_force

A. When a court orders a parent to provide medical support for the child, specifically requiring the parent to enroll or maintain the child in a health insurance program, the Department of Children and Family Services, in any case in which the department is rendering services, shall enforce the court order through the use of the National Medical Support Notice, regarding group health plans that are covered under the provisions of 42 U.S.C. §666(a)(19), 29 U.S.C. §1169, and 45 CFR §303.32, and shall serve on the parent's employer the National Medical Support Notice to enroll the child and employee in the employee's health insurance program in accordance with the medical support order.

B.(1) Unless a court order provides for alternative coverage, in any case in which a parent is required to provide health care coverage and the employer of the parent is known, the following procedure shall be complied with:

(a) The department shall use the National Medical Support Notice to transfer notice of the provisions for the health care coverage of the child to the employer.

(b) Within twenty business days after the date of the National Medical Support Notice, the employer is required to transfer the plan administrator portion of the notice to the appropriate plan providing health care coverage for which the child is eligible.

(c) In any case in which the parent is a newly hired employee entered in the State Directory of New Hires pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §653a(e) and R.S. 46:236.14, the department shall provide the National Medical Support Notice and an income withholding notice issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §666(b) and R.S. 46:236.3, within two days after the date the employee is entered into the directory.

(d) Employers shall withhold any obligation of the employee necessary for coverage of the child or children and employee and forward the amount withheld directly to the plan.

(e) If the employment of the parent is terminated and the employer has received a National Medical Support Notice, the employer is required to notify the department of the termination pursuant to R.S. 46:236.3(G).

(f) When a plan administrator reports that more than one option is available under the plan, the department shall promptly select a plan from the available options.

(2) An employer shall not refuse to employ, take disciplinary action, or terminate an employee due to medical child support withholding or the failure to withhold or transmit income to the applicable plan as the National Medical Support Notice directs.

C. Any liability of the parent to the plan regarding required employee contributions for enrollment of the child is effectively subject to enforcement unless the parent contests the enforcement based on a mistake of fact.

D. Upon request by the department, the employer may, without liability to the parent, provide the department with the name of the insurer and the parent's insurance policy number. The employer shall notify the department of any changes or lapses in health insurance coverage after a National Medical Support Notice to enroll the child and employee has been served.

E. The signature of the parent who rendered payment for service for the child is a valid authorization to the insurer for purposes of processing an insurance reimbursement claim and for payment to the provider of services.

F. The department may serve on all present and future employers of the parent the National Medical Support Notice to enroll the child and employee without having to amend the medical support order.

G. When a court orders a parent who is a participant or is eligible to participate in a group health plan to enroll or maintain a minor child in a health insurance program, the insurance company or health maintenance organization shall:

(1) Allow that parent to enroll in family coverage and include the child in the enrollment during the enrollment season.

(2) Allow the child's other parent, the department, or the Louisiana Department of Health for the Medicaid program to enroll the child and the employee without regard to any enrollment season restrictions.

(3) Continue the enrollment and the coverage of the child and the employee until the employee or the child is no longer eligible under the policy, or, if earlier, unless the employee provides written proof that the court order is no longer in effect or that the child has been enrolled or will be enrolled in comparable health insurance coverage, with the new coverage to take effect no later than the effective date of disenrollment.

(4) Not deny enrollment of a child under a parent's health insurance coverage on the grounds the child was born out of wedlock, is not claimed as a dependent on the parent's federal income tax return, provided the parent provides other satisfactory proof of dependency, or does not reside with the parent or in the insurer's service area.

(5) Allow the provider, the Louisiana Department of Health for the Medicaid Plan, or the Department of Children and Family Services to submit claims for covered services without the approval of the custodial or the noncustodial parent.

(6) Reimburse the parent who rendered payment for services for the child, the provider, the Louisiana Department of Health for the Medicaid Plan, or the Department of Children and Family Services directly for claims submitted by them.

H. An employer who complies with the National Medical Support Notice in accordance with this Section is not subject to civil liability to any individual or entity regarding the withholding of necessary contributions from the employee's income for coverage of the child or children and employee under the plan.

Acts 1992, No. 869, §1; Acts 1995, No. 707, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1155, §5; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 115, §2, eff. April 18, 2002; Acts 2003, No. 618, §1, eff. June 27, 2003; Acts 2006, No. 481, §2, eff. October 1, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:977.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 977.2
Purpose
Status: in_force

The legislature hereby declares that for the economic and social benefits of all residents of this state, it is important to ensure that children of the state have access to affordable health insurance that offers comprehensive coverage and emphasizes preventive health care. Many children in working families are uninsured, including children in families whose family income is greater than two hundred percent of the applicable federal poverty guideline as published in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The lack of health insurance negatively affects the health status of children. The legislature further finds that access to health care is a key component for the healthy development of children and a successful education. It is, therefore, the intent of the legislature to provide access to affordable health insurance to children in Louisiana.

Acts 2007, No. 407, §1, eff. July 10, 2007; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2123 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2123
Program functions; duties
Status: in_force

The office of community services shall develop and administer the program to do the following:

(1) Establish full-time, community-based, family-oriented shelters for the victims of family violence and their children.

(2) Increase, improve, and coordinate the delivery of comprehensive services to the victims of domestic or family violence.

(3) Provide the types of innovative approaches and methods in services designed to reduce the problems of domestic and family violence.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 746, §1; Acts 1985, No. 772, §2, eff. July 19, 1985; Acts 1997, No. 1156, §7; Acts 2009, No. 409, §5, eff. July 1, 2009.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:446.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 446.1
Notice to department by insurance companies; payment of assigned claims; civil penalties
Status: in_force

A.(1) Every person or entity authorized to issue a hospital or medical service contract or any insurance contract in the state of Louisiana, shall provide notice to the Louisiana Department of Health not later than thirty days prior to payment of any insurance claim, when such claim is clearly identified for services provided in a state facility or by a Medicaid provider pursuant to rules and regulations established by the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health. Such notice is required so that the department may determine if any portion of such claims is duly payable to the state of Louisiana for services provided by the department to the insured and on whose behalf the state of Louisiana may be entitled to receive insurance benefits.

(2) Contracts subject to such notice provisions shall include but are not limited to employee welfare benefit plans, health and accident insurance policies, including liability and uninsured motorist provisions, group insurance plans, self insurance plans, and the Louisiana State Employees Uniform Group Benefits Program.

B. Information provided pursuant to Subsection A of this Section shall be confidential and subject to the provisions of R.S. 46:56.

C. Upon notification by the department that all or any portion of such claims reported is duly payable to the state or a Medicaid provider, or subject to an assignment of benefits under R.S. 46:153(E), or subject to recovery under R.S. 46:446, payment shall be made to the department or Medicaid provider and the insured notified that payment of the claims has been assigned by the state of Louisiana for services rendered in a state facility or by a Medicaid provider.

D. Any person or entity who fails to provide required notification and assignment of benefits for any claim pursuant to this Section shall be liable for payment to the Louisiana Department of Health for any amounts which would otherwise have been paid under assignment. In addition, such person or entity shall be subject to civil penalties of ten percent of the amounts so payable, such penalties not to exceed five hundred dollars.

E. The penalties assessed by R.S. 22:1821 for failure to make timely payment of benefits shall not apply if the delay in such payment occurs as a result of compliance with the provisions of this Section.

Acts 1988, No. 697, §1, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1941.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1941.8
Children and youth services advisory boards; members; duties
Status: in_force

A. Each planning board shall consist of a minimum of eleven, but not more than twenty-five members. Special care should be given in the appointments to ensure that the board is representative of the community in terms of gender, age, ethnicity, and geography, as well as knowledge and expertise. Those appointed shall include the following, if available and willing to serve, but need not be limited to:

(1) Members of the education community that are representative of and knowledgeable about early childhood, elementary, secondary, and special education.

(2) Members of the criminal justice community that are representative of and knowledgeable about law enforcement, prosecution, public defense, and the judiciary. Wherever possible, a member of the judiciary elected to the juvenile court bench should be included.

(3) Members of the health care community that are:

(a) Representative of and knowledgeable about physical health, mental health, and early childhood substance abuse prevention and treatment services.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2011, No. 207, §9.

(4) Members of the social services community that are representative of and knowledgeable about child in need of care services, foster parenting, and child and family support programs.

(5) Members of the faith-based communities.

(6) Members of the business and labor communities.

(7) Members of parenting and youth organizations.

B. The parish governing authority shall make the appointments for a period of two years. In the case of a judicial district which encompasses more than one parish, cooperating parish governing authorities may formulate a plan of representation and may add representatives to the board from each participating parish.

C.(1) The children and youth planning boards shall actively participate in the formulation of a comprehensive plan for the development, implementation, and operation of services for children and youth and make formal recommendations to the parish governing authority or joint parish governing authorities at least annually concerning the comprehensive plan and its implementation during the ensuing year.

(2) In its formulation of the comprehensive plan, the children and youth planning boards shall do all of the following, but shall not be limited to the following:

(a) Identify all resources available to meet the needs of children and youth by comprehensively examining resources and services that target children and youth. These services may include but are not limited to prevention, early intervention, education, and treatment.

(b) Assess the needs of children and youth in the local community, incorporating reliable data sources.

(c) Develop and select the appropriate evidence-based strategies or programs to meet those needs identified by soliciting community input and developing a strategic plan to best address the needs of children and youth in the respective community. This strategic plan should have measurable goals and objectives and should be evaluated annually to ensure its effectiveness.

(d) Collaborate with schools, law enforcement, judicial system, health care providers, and others to ensure goals and treatment needs are being met.

(e) Ensure effective delivery of prevention programs in the community through training, technical assistance, monitoring, and evaluation to ensure effective outcomes are achieved.

(f) Report annually by October first to the office of youth services and the Children's Cabinet the results of such assessments. Performance indicators and benchmarks from the reports will be used for planning at both the state and community levels.

D. All proceedings of the children and youth planning boards and any committee or subgroup thereof, shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 42:12 and 42:25, and all votes taken of members shall be recorded and shall become matters of public record.

E. The boards shall promulgate and implement rules concerning attendance of members at board meetings. The members may also elect their own officers.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 300, §1; Acts 1990, No. 696, §1; Acts 2004, No. 555, §1; Acts 2008, No. 568, §2, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 207, §9.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2405 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2405
Louisiana Children's Trust Fund Board; staff; duties
Status: in_force

A. The board, with the approval of the executive director of the Children's Cabinet, shall appoint an executive director for the board who shall be in the unclassified service and who shall report to the executive director of the Children's Cabinet.

B. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 237, §3.

C. The executive director of the board shall perform duties and functions as required by the board and under the direction of the executive director of the cabinet.

Acts 1987, No. 932, §1, eff. July 20, 1987; Acts 2013, No. 220, §20, eff. June 11, 2013; Acts 2017, No. 237, §§2, 3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1061 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1061
Procedure in organizing district
Status: in_force

In the creation of a hospital service district, the police jury shall at the same time designate a time and place for the first meeting of the said commission, the meeting to take place within sixty days from the date of their appointment. At the first meeting of the commission, they shall proceed to organize by electing a chairman and a vice chairman.

It shall be the duty of the chairman to preside over the meeting of the commission and to perform such other duties as are usually required of presidents or chairmen of the other corporate bodies. It shall be the duty of the vice chairman to act in the absence of the chairman and in case of the disability of the chairman to act.

The commission shall elect the director of the hospital who shall serve as secretary and treasurer for the commission. The director shall furnish a surety bond in a sum equal to the amount of taxes collected in said district during any one year. The premium on this bond shall be paid by the hospital district out of its funds. The commission shall have authority to fix his salary and define his authority and duties not otherwise provided in this chapter. The director shall devote his entire time to said office and shall hold his office at the pleasure of the commission.

Acts 1950, No. 420, §11.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2172 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2172
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, "stalking" means any act that would constitute the crime of stalking under R.S. 14:40.2 or cyberstalking under R.S. 14:40.3.

Acts 2014, No. 355, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:114.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 114.3
Regional fraud detection units; investigative subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum
Status: in_force

NOTE: Subsections A and B eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 478.

A. The Department of Children and Family Services shall establish, maintain, and provide for fraud detection functions in order to detect fraud in obtaining public assistance through staff in each region of the state. Each fraud detection unit shall report each incident of public assistance fraud to the fraud detection section of the office of children and family services on a monthly basis by the tenth day of each succeeding month. An annual report of the activities of all fraud detection units within a state fiscal year shall be submitted by the fraud detection section to the Senate and House committees on health and welfare by September first.

B. When the secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services or the secretary's designated representative has evidence that any person, business, or other legal entity attempted to obtain or obtained assistance or payment for services or goods from the department by means of any false statement, misrepresentation, or other fraudulent device, the secretary or the designated representative may issue an administrative investigation subpoena for deposition testimony or a subpoena duces tecum to be served upon any person, business, or other legal entity who is believed to have information, material, or physical evidence relative to the alleged or suspected violation, for the purpose of producing, revealing, identifying, or explaining documentary material or other physical evidence. Such deposition or return of subpoena shall take place in the parish in which the person, business, or other legal entity upon whom the subpoena has been served resides or conducts business. The subpoena shall be served by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by any other means authorized by the Code of Civil Procedure or the Code of Criminal Procedure for the service of process. The subpoena shall specify a return date indicating the date by which deposition testimony or information, material, or physical evidence must be received by the department.

NOTE: Subsections A and B as amended by Acts 2025, No. 478, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

A. Louisiana Works shall establish, maintain, and provide for fraud detection functions in order to detect fraud in obtaining public assistance through staff in each region of the state. Each fraud detection unit shall report each incident of public assistance fraud to the fraud detection section of the office of children and family services on a monthly basis by the tenth day of each succeeding month. An annual report of the activities of all fraud detection units within a state fiscal year shall be submitted by the fraud detection section to the Senate and House committees on health and welfare by September first.

B. When the secretary of Louisiana Works or the secretary's designated representative has evidence that any person, business, or other legal entity attempted to obtain or obtained assistance or payment for services or goods from the department by means of any false statement, misrepresentation, or other fraudulent device, the secretary or the designated representative may issue an administrative investigation subpoena for deposition testimony or a subpoena duces tecum to be served upon any person, business, or other legal entity who is believed to have information, material, or physical evidence relative to the alleged or suspected violation, for the purpose of producing, revealing, identifying, or explaining documentary material or other physical evidence. Such deposition or return of subpoena shall take place in the parish in which the person, business, or other legal entity upon whom the subpoena has been served resides or conducts business. The subpoena shall be served by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by any other means authorized by the Code of Civil Procedure or the Code of Criminal Procedure for the service of process. The subpoena shall specify a return date indicating the date by which deposition testimony or information, material, or physical evidence must be received by the department.

C. At any time before the return date specified in the administrative investigation subpoena or subpoena duces tecum or within twenty days after the subpoena or subpoena duces tecum has been served, whichever is earlier, a petition stating good cause for a protective order to extend the return date, or to modify or set aside the subpoena, may be filed in the district court having civil jurisdiction in the parish where the person, business, or other legal entity served with the subpoena resides or has his principal place of business.

D. If no protective order from the court is secured and the investigative subpoena or subpoena duces tecum is not complied with by the return date thereof, an attorney for the department may apply to the district court having civil jurisdiction in the parish where the person, business, or other legal entity served resides or has his principal place of business for an order compelling compliance with the subpoena or subpoena duces tecum. Any disobedience of an order compelling compliance shall be punished as a contempt of court.

Acts 1990, No. 698, §1; Acts 1992, No. 773, §1, eff. July 7, 1992; Acts 1995, No. 698, §1; Acts 2004, No. 333, §1, eff. June 18, 2004; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5; Acts 2025, No. 478, §13, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1074 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1074
Medical office buildings and facilities leases; disposition of immovable property
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the powers and duties otherwise provided and notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 41:1211 et seq. or any other law to the contrary, a hospital service district commission and any health facility it owns or operates may acquire, construct, and maintain medical office buildings and facilities and may negotiate the lease of such medical office buildings and facilities or portions thereof provided the lease rental shall be sufficient to recoup over a period of twenty years the capital investment of such hospital service district commission or that of any health facility it owns or operates. Such contract of lease may provide for uniform, staggered, or indexed rental payments, but no balloon rental payments shall be allowed.

B.(1) In addition to the powers otherwise provided and notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a hospital service district commission, whether created under this Title or otherwise, and any health facility it owns or operates may sell and convey immovable property to any person or legal entity if the fair market value of the property, as determined by an appraisal, does not exceed:

(a) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars for a hospital service district commission owning or operating a hospital with a licensed bed capacity of one to fifty-nine beds.

(b) Five hundred thousand dollars for a hospital service district commission owning or operating a hospital with a licensed bed capacity of sixty to one hundred twenty beds.

(c) One million dollars for a hospital service district commission owning or operating a hospital with a licensed bed capacity of one hundred twenty-one beds to one hundred seventy-four beds.

(d) Thirty percent of the total appraised value of a hospital service district's immovable assets for a hospital service district commission owning or operating a hospital with a licensed bed capacity of one hundred seventy-five beds or more.

(2) Prior to the sale and conveyance authorized by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the hospital service district commission shall adopt a resolution declaring the immovable property sought to be sold and conveyed to be unnecessary for the operations of such hospital service district or any health facility it owns or operates.

(3) Within six months prior to the sale and conveyance authorized by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the hospital service district commission shall obtain an appraisal of the immovable property to be sold or conveyed. The immovable property of the hospital service district or any health facility it owns or operates shall not be sold and conveyed for less than ninety percent of the appraised value.

(4) Prior to the sale and conveyance authorized by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the hospital service district commission shall obtain the documented approval of the governmental authority charged with the appointment of the commissioners to the hospital service district if the appraised value of the immovable property to be sold and conveyed exceeds:

(a) One hundred thousand dollars for a hospital service district commission owning or operating a hospital with a licensed bed capacity of one to fifty-nine beds.

(b) Two hundred thousand dollars for a hospital service district commission owning or operating a hospital with a licensed bed capacity of sixty to one hundred twenty beds.

(c) Three hundred thousand dollars for a hospital service district commission owning or operating a hospital with a licensed bed capacity of one hundred twenty-one beds or more.

(5)(a) A sale and conveyance conducted under the provisions of this Subsection shall not require a public referendum or public advertisement.

(b) A sale and conveyance conducted under the provisions of this Subsection shall not be subject to any public bid law.

(c) Nothing in this Subsection shall prohibit or limit the sale and conveyance of immovable property owned by a hospital service district or any health facility it owns or operates pursuant to any other provision of law.

(d) The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to a hospital owned or operated by the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.

C. The term "licensed bed capacity" as used in this Section means the number of beds authorized for the hospital under licensing by the Louisiana Department of Health.

Acts 1984, No. 322, §1; Acts 1985, No. 564, §1, eff. July 12, 1985; Acts 1997, No. 683, §1; Acts 2001, No. 196, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2705 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2705
Listing of unsafe children's products
Status: in_force

A. The consumer protection section shall maintain a comprehensive listing of children's products that have been identified as meeting any of the criteria set forth in R.S. 46:2704. The consumer protection section shall make the comprehensive listing available to the public at no cost and shall post it on the Internet and encourage links.

B. The consumer protection section shall provide a copy of the listing of unsafe children's products to the departments, who shall ensure that any individual required by the department to inspect a child care facility for the purpose of issuing or renewing a license or certificate of registration shall also receive a copy.

C. The consumer protection section may work with any state agency providing child care assistance to provide a copy of the listing of unsafe children's products to each person providing child care.

Acts 2001, No. 1164, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:58 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 58
Preservation of records
Status: in_force

A. Fiscal records of the department relating to public welfare shall not be destroyed until the proper state and federal agencies have completed their audits and have approved the destruction of the records.

B. The department shall preserve all such departmental records for three years or until all useful purposes have been served thereby, whichever is longer.

C. To reduce the space required for retaining obsolete files, the secretary may destroy or order destroyed all files of documents as provided for in R.S. 44:39, when, in his opinion, the requirements of the department will be served thereby.

D. Public assistance recipient cancelled checks may be destroyed upon complying with the following conditions:

(1) Completion of audit by the state and federal auditors;

(2) Microfilming of these cancelled checks and preservation of the microfilmed copy for a period of at least six years; and

(3) Approval by the secretary of the department.

Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:460.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 460.5
Earned income disregards for certain TANF recipients
Status: in_force

NOTE: Subsection A eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 478.

A. In order to promote self-sufficiency, the Department of Children and Family Services shall disregard a recipient's first six months of earnings up to nine hundred dollars of gross earnings per month in determining the amount of his household's benefit under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, provided that such recipient is engaged in a work activity which has been approved by the department as part of his work participation requirement under TANF.

NOTE: Subsection A as amended by Acts 2025, No. 478, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

A. In order to promote self-sufficiency, Louisiana Works shall disregard a recipient's first six months of earnings up to nine hundred dollars of gross earnings per month in determining the amount of his household's benefit under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, provided that the recipient is engaged in a work activity which has been approved by the department as part of his work participation requirement under TANF.

B. This provision shall apply to a household only one time.

C. Months in which a recipient receives the statutory earned income disregard pursuant to Subsection A of this Section shall not count toward the state twenty-four-month limit provided in R.S. 46:231.6(A)(1).

D. For purposes of this Section, "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families" or "TANF" means the federal block grant program established under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-193.

E. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of the earned income disregard program provided in Subsection A of this Section, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

Acts 1997, No. 733, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 859, §1, eff. July 10, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 572, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2003, No. 58, §1; Acts 2004, No. 675, §1; Acts 2025, No. 478, §13, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:460.70 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 460.70
Timely filing of claims
Status: in_force

In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 46:442, the department shall not limit the period within which a provider may submit a claim for payment for a covered service rendered to an enrollee to less than three hundred sixty-five days from the date the service was provided. This prohibition on limiting the claim submission period to less than three hundred sixty-five days from the date of service shall apply relative to claims submitted directly to the department and to claims submitted to all of the following entities:

(1) A managed care organization.

(2) Any of the following entities as defined in 42 CFR 438.2:

(a) A prepaid ambulatory health plan.

(b) A prepaid inpatient health plan.

(c) A primary care case manager.

Acts 2015, No. 21, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1608.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1608.1
Jefferson Council on Aging; allocation of services among certain local centers; conditions
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the conditions provided in Subsection B of this Section, the Jefferson Council on Aging, referred to hereafter in this Section as the "council", shall ensure delivery of a minimum level of services at the following centers within the set of services to be funded with monies disbursed pursuant to R.S. 46:1608 or another funding source:

(1) The Harvey Community Center.

(2) The Marrero Community and Senior Center.

(3) The Woodmere Community Center.

B.(1) The council shall allocate funding for services at a center designated in Subsection A of this Section only if a nonprofit service provider that provides activities, programs, and services for residents age sixty and over at the primary location of the center has entered into a contract, cooperative endeavor agreement, memorandum of understanding, or other agreement with Jefferson Parish.

(2) The council shall provide for services to be provided at each center designated in Subsection A of this Section until the value of the services provided for and funded pursuant to this Section at the center reaches ten thousand dollars in a fiscal year.

(3) The services provided pursuant to this Section shall be for residents age sixty or over exclusively, and may include, without limitation, any of the following:

(a) A senior prescription program providing low-cost or free prescription medications to seniors.

(b) A senior health insurance information program.

(c) Aging and disability resources.

(d) The following special services for seniors:

(i) Care management including, without limitation, personal care and respite care services.

(ii) Homemaker services.

(iii) Legal resources and services.

(iv) Educational services.

(v) Nutrition services.

(vi) Transportation services.

C. No monies allocated for services pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be used to displace, replace, or supplant any local or state funding for the operation of a center designated in Subsection A of this Section.

Acts 2017, No. 215, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:438.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 438.8
Burden of proof; prima facie evidence; standard of review
Status: in_force

A. The burden of proof in an action instituted pursuant to this Part shall be on the medical assistance programs and by a preponderance of the evidence, except that the defendant shall carry the burden of proving that goods, services, or supplies were actually provided to an eligible recipient in the quantity and quality submitted on a claim. In all other aspects, the burden of proof shall be as set forth in the Code of Civil Procedure and other applicable laws.

B. Proof by a preponderance of the evidence of a false or fraudulent claim or illegal remuneration shall be deemed to exist under the following circumstances:

(1) If the defendant has pled guilty to, been convicted of, or entered a nolo contendere plea to a criminal charge in any federal or state court to charges arising out of the same circumstances as would be a violation of this Subpart.

(2) If an order has been rendered against a defendant finding the defendant to have violated this Subpart.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rules of criminal procedure, or the rules of evidence to the contrary, a final judgment rendered in favor of the state in any criminal proceeding charging fraud or false statements, whether upon a verdict after trial or upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, shall prevent the defendant from denying the essential elements of the offense in any action involving the same transaction as in the criminal proceeding and brought by the secretary or attorney general pursuant to this Subpart or a qui tam action pursuant to Subpart C of this Part.

C.(1) The submission of a certified or true copy of an order, civil judgment, or criminal conviction or plea shall be prima facie evidence of the same.

(2) The submission of the bill of information or of the indictment and the minutes of the court shall be prima facie evidence as to the circumstances underlying a criminal conviction or plea.

D.(1) In determining whether a pattern of incorrect submissions exists in regard to an alleged false or fraudulent claim, the court shall give consideration as to whether the total amount of the incorrect submissions by a health care provider is material in relation to the total claims submitted by the health care provider.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 206, §2.

Acts 1997, No. 1373, §1; Acts 2025, No. 206, §§1, 2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1077 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1077
Contracts or joint ventures for hospital health services
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers and duties otherwise provided and notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board of commissioners of a hospital service district and any corporation or health facility owned or operated by such district or commission may contract with or engage in a joint venture with any person, corporation, partnership, or group of persons to offer, provide, promote, establish, or sell any hospital health service. A hospital service district commission contracting with or engaging in a joint venture with any person, corporation, partnership, or group of persons to offer, provide, promote, establish, or sell a hospital health service shall be presumed to be engaged in a cooperative endeavor as provided by Article VII, Section 14(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana. The commission shall be further presumed to have entered into such contract for the purpose of obtaining a tangible benefit and for a public purpose, and such contract shall not be presumed to be a donation in contravention of Article VII, Section 14(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana.

Acts 1985, No. 125, §1, eff. June 29, 1985; Acts 1995, No. 1074, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1811 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1811
Reparation order; terms and conditions
Status: in_force

A. The board may order the payment of an award in a lump sum or in installments. That part of an award equal to the amount of the pecuniary loss accrued to the date of the award shall be paid in a lump sum. In all other respects the board shall determine all matters respecting the payment of awards, consistent with the provisions of this Chapter.

B.(1) The board shall deduct from any payments it orders any amounts received from any collateral source.

(2) If a claimant receives payment from a collateral source after receiving an award from the Crime Victims Reparations Fund, then to the extent the total amount received exceeds the actual loss experienced the claimant shall reimburse the Crime Victims Reparations Fund, through the board.

C. The state treasurer shall pay to the person named in the order of payment of reparations the amount named therein in accordance with the provisions of such order.

D. The board shall not be subject to garnishment, execution, or attachment on any award.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 250, §1, eff. July 17, 1982. Acts 1986, No. 123, §1; Acts 1989, No. 257, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1091 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1091
Parish hospital service district; East Baton Rouge and West Feliciana
Status: in_force

A.(1) A parish hospital service district is hereby created and shall be composed of all of the following areas, except as specifically excluded in this Part:

(a) East Baton Rouge Parish.

(b) Any parish whose boundary is contiguous to East Baton Rouge Parish.

(c) West Feliciana Parish.

(2) The hospital service district shall be known as the "Parish Hospital Service District for the Parish of (name of parish having the greatest population in the district)", hereinafter referred to in this Part as the "district". The boundaries of the district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the parishes listed in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

(3) However, the district shall not include any parish with a population of less than fifteen thousand persons based on the latest federal decennial census.

B.(1)(a) The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners, hereinafter referred to as the "commission", appointed by the governor from a list of qualified voters and residents of the parish recommended by the parish governing authority as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph. If the governor does not choose to appoint a member from the list of recommendations submitted by the parish governing authority, he may request the governing authority to submit additional recommendations. As far as practicable, one-third of the commissioners shall be appointed for an initial term of two years, one-third shall be appointed for an initial term of four years, and one-third shall be appointed for an initial term of six years. Upon expiration of their respective terms of office, the successors to such appointees shall be appointed within thirty days for six-year terms. Each appointment by the governor shall be made subject to Senate confirmation. If the parish governing authority fails to submit recommendations for an initial or subsequent appointment to the commission or if the parish governing authority fails to submit additional recommendations when requested by the governor, then the governor shall appoint a person who is a qualified voter and resident of the parish to the commission without recommendation from the parish governing authority.

(b) One member shall be appointed to serve on the board of commissioners from each parish included in the district; however, the board membership shall be increased and additional members appointed to serve on the board until a majority of the members of the board are qualified voters and residents of the parish of East Baton Rouge.

(2) The parish governing authority may permit a per diem to each member of the commission in an amount of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than forty dollars for each day of his attendance at meetings of the commission, not to exceed twelve meetings per year payable out of the funds of the parish hospital service district.

(3) Any member of the commission may be removed from office for cause and his appointment rescinded by two-thirds vote of the elected membership of the parish governing authority.

C. In addition to the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities provided in this Part, a parish hospital service district created pursuant to this Part shall have all the general powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of a hospital service district created pursuant to the general provisions of Part I of this Chapter.

Acts 2003, No. 1214, §1, eff. July 3, 2003; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 14, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:107 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 107
Appeal and review; venue for judicial review
Status: in_force

NOTE: Paragraph (A)(1) eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 478.

A.(1) The Department of Children and Family Services and the office of the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, through their respective appeal sections, shall provide for a system of hearings and are responsible for fulfillment of all hearing provisions as prescribed under Title I, IV-A, X, XIV, XVI, XIX, or XX of the Social Security Act and under the Food Stamp Act, Public Law 91-671. Under these provisions, an opportunity for a hearing shall be granted at the state level to any applicant or recipient who makes a timely request for a hearing because his claim for assistance, services, or nutrition assistance benefits is denied or is not acted upon with reasonable promptness and to any recipient who is aggrieved by an agency action resulting in suspension, reduction, discontinuance, or termination of benefits.

NOTE: Paragraph (A)(1) as amended by Acts 2025, No. 478, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

A.(1) The Department of Children and Family Services, Louisiana Works, and the office of the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, through their respective appeal sections, shall provide for a system of hearings and are responsible for fulfillment of all hearing provisions as prescribed under Title I, IV-A, X, XIV, XVI, XIX, or XX of the Social Security Act and under the Food Stamp Act, P.L. 91-671. Under these provisions, an opportunity for a hearing shall be granted at the state level to any applicant, recipient, or customer who makes a timely request for a hearing because his claim for assistance, services, or nutrition assistance benefits is denied or is not acted upon with reasonable promptness and to any recipient who is aggrieved by an agency action resulting in suspension, reduction, discontinuance, or termination of benefits.

(2) Under these provisions, an opportunity for a hearing shall also be granted at the state level by the Department of Children and Family Services to any child placing agency or day care center, who is aggrieved by any agency action resulting in the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license.

(3) Under these provisions, an opportunity for a hearing shall also be granted at the state level by the Louisiana Department of Health to any provider of services under the provisions of Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act who is aggrieved by an agency action resulting in the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license or the refusal to enter into, suspension of, or termination of a service agreement.

(4) All final decisions in cases of appeal are rendered by the office of the secretary at the state level and such decisions exhaust the claimant's administrative remedy.

B. The agency or its subordinate presiding officer conducting a proceeding authorized hereunder shall conduct such a proceeding and shall have such authority to administer oaths and affirmations, issue subpoenas, and to otherwise regulate the conduct of the proceeding as provided by law, or in the absence of such a law, as specified and authorized by R.S. 49:975 et seq. The deposit or payment of witness fees ordinarily required of a party who desires to subpoena a witness shall not be required if the party desiring the issuance of the subpoena is an indigent person. A person shall be presumed to be indigent if he is certified for or is a recipient of any entitlement program, the eligibility for which is based on need, income, resources, or any combination of these criteria.

C. Within thirty days after mailing of notice of the final decision by the agency, or, if a rehearing is requested, within thirty days after the decision thereon, an applicant or recipient may obtain judicial review thereof by filing a petition for review of the decision in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court or the district court of the domicile of the applicant or recipient. When the petition is filed in an improper venue, the court of improper venue shall transfer the case to the district court of the domicile of the applicant or recipient or to the Nineteenth Judicial District Court.

D. Except as provided by Subsections B and C of this Section, all adjudicatory and review proceedings under this Section shall be governed by the Administrative Procedure Act.

NOTE: Subsection E as enacted by Acts 2025, No. 478, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

E. For purposes of this Section, "customer" means an applicant or recipient of public assistance benefits and services that fall within the purview of Louisiana Works.

Amended by Acts 1974, No. 582, §1; Acts 1977, No. 657, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1979, No. 690, §1; Acts 1986, No. 78, §1; Acts 1993, No. 539, §1,eff. June 10, 1993; Acts 1999, No. 560, §1, eff. June 30, 1999; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5; Acts 2025, No. 478, §13, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:977.25 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 977.25
Administrative rulemaking
Status: in_force

The department shall promulgate all such rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Part.

Acts 2019, No. 421, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:505 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 505
Fund not to exceed twenty five thousand dollars; yearly revenue to be expended
Status: in_force

After the fund set apart by the parish reaches twenty-five thousand dollars, and the fund set apart by the cities reaches twenty-five thousand dollars, the parish and cities shall thereafter no longer continue to set aside the pro rata part of the fines provided for in this Part, but the funds of twenty-five thousand dollars respectively shall be invested as set forth in this Part, and only the yearly interest or revenue shall be expended in carrying out the purpose of this Part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1094 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1094
Parish Hospital Service District for the parish of Orleans; creation; domicile; powers; duties; functions; responsibilities
Status: in_force

A. A parish hospital service district is hereby created in the parish of Orleans.

B. The domicile of the hospital service district shall be Orleans Parish.

C.(1) The hospital service district shall be known as the "Parish Hospital Service District for the parish of Orleans", hereinafter referred to in this Part as the "district". The boundaries of the district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of Orleans Parish.

(2) The district shall be divided into two areas as follows: (a) Orleans Parish east of the Industrial Canal and (b) all of Orleans Parish except the geographical areas east of the Industrial Canal and the area of Orleans Parish bounded by Earhart Boulevard, Carrollton Avenue, Loyola Avenue, and Iberville Street.

D. Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 252, §4.

Acts 2006, No. 830, §1, eff. July 5, 2006; Acts 2022, No. 252, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 6
Admission criteria to state-supported charity hospitals
Status: in_force

Any bona fide resident of the state of Louisiana who is in need of medical services, including but not limited to the uninsured, shall be eligible for treatment by any general hospital owned or operated by the board in accordance with policy adopted by the LSU Board of Supervisors. However, any person with an income greater than two hundred percent of the applicable federal poverty guideline as published in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services and who is otherwise eligible for treatment may be denied access to non-emergency medical care if such person refuses to pay any appropriately adopted reasonable charges for treatment or service received, unless the patient's clinical condition requires immediate treatment as determined by the patient's treating physician, or if the person has been treated in the past, billed based upon his or her ability to pay, and has refused to pay for previous medical services without justifiable excuse or to make arrangements for periodic partial payments, unless the patient's clinical condition requires immediate treatment as determined by the patient's treating physician or medical director. In no event shall emergency treatment be denied to anyone; and in no event shall any person housed in any parish jail facility or state prison in the state of Louisiana, irrespective of his state of residency, be denied medically necessary medical treatment in the nearest general hospital owned or operated by the board. Further, any prisoner treated at a general hospital owned or operated by the board shall have those services paid through the facility receiving state funding for the incarceration of that prisoner.

Amended by Acts 1975, No. 534, §1; Acts 1977, No. 669, §1; Acts 1983, No. 671, §1; Acts 1991, No. 893, §1; Acts 2003, No. 906, §§2, 3, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:571 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 571
Parish governing authority may pay funeral and burial expenses
Status: in_force

The parish governing authorities may, when called upon by the proper authorities to do so, pay the actual burial expenses, not to exceed the cost of the service, of all paupers carried on the parochial list of paupers and whose deaths have been caused by natural causes. The state or any municipality or parish may establish a maximum amount which it shall pay for individual burial expenses.

Acts 1987, No. 55, §2, eff. June 8, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:460.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 460.7
Incentive Award Program; dropout reduction; teen pregnancy reduction
Status: in_force

NOTE: Subsection A eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 478.

A. The Department of Children and Family Services in consultation with the Department of Education shall develop and implement a special program, the Incentive Award Program, whereby the governing authority of a parish and a parish school system may receive a financial award for reducing the teen pregnancy rate and dropout rate for the parish.

NOTE: Subsection A as amended by Acts 2025, No. 478, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

A. Louisiana Works in consultation with the Department of Education shall develop and implement a special program, the Incentive Award Program, whereby the governing authority of a parish and a parish school system may receive a financial award for reducing the teen pregnancy rate and dropout rate for the parish.

B. The department, in developing this program, shall:

(1) Develop and define the standards to be used to measure progress.

(2) Develop the procedure to be used to collect relevant data to be used to determine progress.

(3) Require that the data collected be compiled into an annual progress report which ranks each parish relative to the progress made by the parish in the relevant categories and provide for the delivery of said report to each school, parish governing authority, and parish school system in the state.

(4) Provide for the annual identification of at least ten parishes which have made the most significant progress in the past year and which will be eligible for the financial award.

NOTE: Subsection C eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 478.

C. Through the Incentive Award Program, the department shall provide a financial award to each of the ten parishes identified in the annual progress report which have demonstrated the most significant reduction in dropout rates, as defined by rule of the Department of Education, and in teen pregnancy rates as defined by rule of the Department of Children and Family Services. The financial award shall be distributed to such ten parish school systems. These awards may be expended by the parish school system to implement innovative community-based and school-based programs designed to further reduce the dropout rate and the teen pregnancy rate for the parish and for instructional enhancement programs.

NOTE: Subsection C as amended by Acts 2025, No. 478, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

C. Through the Incentive Award Program, the department shall provide a financial award to each of the ten parishes identified in the annual progress report that have demonstrated the most significant reduction in dropout rates, as defined by rule of the Department of Education, and in teen pregnancy rates as defined by rule of Louisiana Works. The financial award shall be distributed to the ten parish school systems. These awards may be expended by the parish school system to implement innovative community-based and school-based programs designed to further reduce the dropout rate and the teen pregnancy rate for the parish and for instructional enhancement programs.

D. No award shall be granted through the Incentive Award Program until such time as the state of Louisiana receives a financial bonus award from the federal government provided for in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, which provides for awards to the five states that have demonstrated the largest net decrease in the rate of out-of-wedlock births.

Acts 1997, No. 510, §1; Acts 2025, No. 478, §13, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2263 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2263
Definitions
Status: in_force

Except where the context clearly indicates otherwise, in this Chapter:

(1) "Advisory council" means the advisory council created pursuant to R.S. 46:2265.

(2) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.

(3) "Deaf or hard of hearing infant" means an infant who has a disorder of the auditory system of any type or degree, causing hearing loss sufficient to interfere with the development of language and speech skills.

(4) "Infants susceptible to a hearing disability" means those infants who are susceptible to hearing loss because they have one or more risk factors.

(5) "Office" means the office of public health within the department.

(6) "Program" means the program that the office of public health establishes to provide for the early identification and follow-up of infants susceptible to a hearing disability, of deaf or hard of hearing infants, and of infants who have a risk factor for developing progressive hearing loss.

(7)(a) "Risk factors" means those criteria or factors, any one of which identifies an infant as being susceptible to hearing loss.

(b) The risk factors that identify those neonates, infants from birth through the first twenty-eight days, who are susceptible to sensorineural hearing loss include the following:

(i) Family history of congenital or delayed onset childhood sensorineural impairment.

(ii) Congenital infection known or suspected to be associated with sensorineural hearing loss such as toxoplasmosis, syphilis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes.

(iii) Craniofacial anomalies including morphologic abnormalities of the pinna and ear canal, absent philtrum, low hairline, et cetera.

(iv) Birth weight less than one thousand five hundred grams or less than three and three tenths pounds.

(v) Hyperbilirubinemia at a level exceeding indication for exchange transfusion.

(vi) Ototoxic medications, including but not limited to the aminoglycosides used for more than five days, such as gentamicin, tobramycin, kanamycin, streptomycin, and loop diuretics used in combination with aminoglycosides.

(vii) Bacterial meningitis.

(viii) Severe depression at birth, which may include infants with Apgar scores of zero to three at five minutes or those who fail to initiate spontaneous respiration by ten minutes or those with hypotonia persisting to two hours of age.

(ix) Prolonged mechanical ventilation for a duration equal to or greater than ten days, such as persistent pulmonary hypertension.

(x) Stigmata or other findings associated with a syndrome known to include sensorineural hearing loss, such as Waardenburg or Usher Syndrome.

(xi) Other risk factors added or deleted by the office of public health upon recommendation of the advisory council for early identification of deaf or hard of hearing children.

(c) The factors that identify those infants aged twenty-nine days to two years who are susceptible to sensorineural hearing loss include the following:

(i) Parent or caregiver concerns regarding hearing, speech, language, or developmental delay.

(ii) Bacterial meningitis.

(iii) Neonatal risk factors that may be associated with progressive sensorineural hearing loss, such as cytomegalovirus, prolonged mechanical ventilation, and inherited disorders.

(iv) Head trauma, especially with either longitudinal or transverse fracture of the temporal bone.

(v) Stigmata or other findings associated with syndromes known to include sensorineural hearing loss, such as Waardenburg or Usher Syndrome.

(vi) Ototoxic medications, including but not limited to the aminoglycosides used for more than five days, such as gentamicin, tobramycin, kanamycin, streptomycin, and loop diuretics used in combination with aminoglycosides.

(vii) Neurodegenerative disorders such as neurofibromatosis, myoclonic epilepsy, Werdnig-Hoffman disease, Tay-Sachs disease, infantile Gaucher's disease, Niemann-Pick disease, any metachromatic leukodystrophy, or any infantile demyelinating neuropathy.

(viii) Childhood infectious diseases known to be associated with sensorineural hearing loss, such as mumps or measles.

(ix) Other risk factors added or deleted by the office of public health upon recommendation of the advisory council for early identification of deaf or hard of hearing children.

(8) "Screening for hearing loss" means employing a device for identifying whether an infant has a disorder of the auditory system, but may not necessarily provide a comprehensive determination of hearing thresholds in the speech range. Procedures may include auditory brainstem response (ABR) screening, evoked otoacoustic emissions (EOAE) screening, and other devices approved by the office upon recommendation of the advisory council.

Acts 1992, No. 417, §1; Acts 1999, No. 653, §1; Acts 2017, No. 146, §11.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:925 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 925
Scholarships to listed nursing schools
Status: in_force

A. The office of Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans in the Louisiana Department of Health, hereinafter referred to as the office, shall establish and administer a nursing scholarship program for the purpose of increasing the educational opportunities available to nursing students who will practice nursing at Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans. The office shall award a scholarship to each nursing student studying nursing at the Charity Hospital School of Nursing or at the Louisiana State University School of Nursing, the Southeastern State University School of Nursing, Northwestern State University School of Nursing, Northeast Louisiana University School of Nursing, Louisiana State University at Alexandria School of Nursing, Louisiana State University at Eunice School of Nursing, University of Southwestern Louisiana School of Nursing, or McNeese State University School of Nursing, who contracts to practice nursing as provided in this Part. Each scholarship shall be awarded for the purpose of defraying the costs of tuition and other related expenses and costs for attendance at any of the nursing schools.

B. The program established under the provisions of this Part shall be funded with funds specifically appropriated therefor to the office.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 931, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2428 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2428
Application; appropriations
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Chapter relative to the establishment and operation of the local and state citizen review boards shall become effective at such time as funds are appropriated by the legislature and become available for the application of the provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 1986, No. 79, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1196 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1196
Governing board; membership; appointment; terms; compensation
Status: in_force

A.(1) For a district created pursuant to this Chapter, the district shall be governed by a governing board.

(2) The governing board shall be comprised of the following members:

(a) The president of each parish governing authority within the department's Region IV, or his designee.

(b) The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, or his designee.

(c) The executive director of the Louisiana Hospital Association, or his designee.

(d) The executive director of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, or his designee.

(e) The hospital administrator for University Medical Center, or his designee.

B. All appointees shall serve terms of three years. No board member shall serve more than two three-year consecutive terms.

C. A vacancy on a governing board shall be filled in the same manner as required for the original appointment.

D. Each governing board member shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses and mileage at the same rate set by the division of administration for state employees for each day in actual attendance at governing board meetings or for representing the governing board in an official governing board-approved activity.

E. The chairman shall be elected by a majority vote of the governing board. The term of the chairman shall be established under the governing board's bylaws.

F. The governing board shall adopt bylaws to provide for its governance within ninety days of being established. Such bylaws shall include but not be limited to:

(1) Procedures for the election of governing board officers, including terms of office and methods and grounds for removal. Governing board officers shall include, at a minimum, a chairman, treasurer, and secretary.

(2) Procedures and grounds for the removal of any governing board member. Grounds for removal shall include the conviction of a felony. Grounds for removal may include failure to meet board attendance requirements, as provided in the bylaws.

G. All governing board members of the district shall be subject to the Code of Governmental Ethics. No member of the governing board or of his immediate family shall own or have any interest in any public or private organization, business, company, or entity conducting business of any kind with the district. The prohibition provided for in this Subsection shall not prohibit members of the governing board from having contracts or employment agreements with healthcare institutions or organizations whose purpose is directly related to health care.

Acts 2012, No. 857, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:159 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 159
Prohibition of discrimination against podiatric services
Status: in_force

The office of the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall make available to persons who are eligible for Medicaid benefits under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq., inpatient hospital services, outpatient hospital services, prescribed drugs, and all other services incident to professional treatment provided by a licensed podiatrist when the treatment and service is otherwise authorized and included in the Louisiana state plan for medical assistance when provided or prescribed by a physician or any other licensed practitioner of the healing arts, provided that the podiatric health care shall be within the scope of podiatric professional practice as defined by R.S. 37:611 et seq.

Acts 1988, No. 788, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1055 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1055
Powers and duties of commission
Status: in_force

A. In addition to the duties defined elsewhere in this Chapter, the commission shall have the duty and authority:

(1) To represent the public interest in providing hospital and medical care in the district.

(2) To advise the police jury and the hospital director on problems concerning the operation of the hospital and other facilities.

(3) To make, alter, amend, and promulgate rules and regulations governing the conduct of the hospital.

(4) To conduct hearings and pass upon complaints by or against any officer or employee of the district.

(5) To review and modify, or set aside any action of the officers or employees of the district which the commission may determine to be desirable or necessary in the public interest.

(6) To appoint, with the approval of the medical staff, a director of the hospital and to perform such other duties as may now or hereafter be required by law.

(7) To appoint the necessary standing and special committees which may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.

(8) To establish rates of pay for the use of facilities provided by the district.

(9) To enter into lease agreements with recognized and duly constituted nonprofit associations which are primarily engaged in the operation of hospitals.

B. In addition to the powers and duties set forth in Subsection A of this Section, the commission may enter into a special services agreement with any person, including but not limited to a hospital management firm or hospitals, to manage, operate, and administer a hospital or hospitals, or any part thereof, under the control of the commission for the benefit of the hospital service district. Any special services agreement may include a negotiated lease of the district's facilities where the agreement provides for permanent improvements to be made, constructed, or placed upon the leased facilities in the amount of not less than one million dollars, providing that the term of the lease shall not exceed fifty years, and the lessor shall reserve all mineral rights to any land involved. The term of all such negotiated leases in force on July 1, 1987, may be extended by an additional term not to exceed twenty years, on such terms and conditions as may be negotiated between hospital service districts and their respective lessees. Any lease may be mortgaged, pledged, hypothecated, subleased, transferred, or assigned only for the purpose of financing the permanent improvements. The notice of intent to enter into a special services agreement shall be published in the official journal at least sixty days prior to the effective date of the contract. However, any such hospital service district, including any such district which has contracted with an association or entity primarily engaged in the operation of hospitals to manage, operate, and administer a hospital or hospitals within the hospital service district, shall be considered a public entity as defined under the provisions of R.S. 38:2211(A)(1) and all construction work undertaken shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 38:2212. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to any facility of the charity hospital system of the state of Louisiana.

C. With approval of the police jury, a commission may without the necessity of competitive bidding or competitive negotiations also enter into special service agreements with any person who is a licensed contractor operating under any contract with the Louisiana Department of Health, whereby the licensed contractor will operate and manage all or any part of any facility owned by the hospital service district, in a manner and for a purpose consistent with the types of services being provided by the licensed contractor under any contract with the Louisiana Department of Health; provided that prior to entering into any such special service agreement, both the police jury and the commission must find that continued operation of all or any part of such facility for hospital purposes is no longer necessary or feasible to accomplish the objects and purposes set forth in R.S. 46:1052. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply in the parishes of Lafourche and Terrebonne and in Ward 11 of Jefferson Parish.

Added by Acts 1950, No. 420, §5. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 726, §1; Acts 1982, No. 83, §1; Acts 1983, No. 210, §1; Acts 1985, No. 126, §1, eff. June 29, 1985; Acts 1987, No. 327, §1; Acts 1987, No. 837, §2, eff. July 20, 1987.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:231.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 231.2
Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program; benefits; eligibility
Status: in_force

A.(1) The department shall develop and administer a temporary assistance program to be known as the "Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program" (FITAP) which shall provide money payments to the following:

(a) On behalf of a dependent child.

(b) On behalf of a pregnant woman, if medically verified that the woman is in the sixth month of pregnancy and if the unborn child would be eligible for family independence temporary assistance, had the child been born and living with her during the month of payment.

(2) FITAP assistance shall include money payments to meet the needs of a dependent child, including payments to meet the needs of the father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, or other relative, the relative's spouse with whom such child is living, and the needs of any other individual living in the same home if such needs are taken into account in making the determination of eligibility.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, FITAP assistance shall not mean:

(1) Any amount paid to meet the needs of an unborn child.

(2) Any amount paid to or an increase in payment on behalf of a woman who has not medically verified that she is in the sixth month of pregnancy.

C. The secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations defining countable and exempt income and resources and establishing additional eligibility criteria.

D. Nothing in this Subpart shall be construed as authorizing any state official, agent, or representative in carrying out any of the provisions of this Subpart to take charge of any child over the objection of either of the parents of the child, or over the objections of the tutor or other persons having the legal care, custody and control of the child.

Acts 1997, No. 1155, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2013, No. 285, §1, eff. June 14, 2013; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1054 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1054
Officers; meetings
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall elect one of its members chairman and one vice chairman. The chairman of the Acadia-St. Landry Hospital Service District shall vote only in the event of a tie vote.

B. All meetings of the commission shall be held at the domicile of the district established by the police jury. At least three regular meetings shall be held annually. Special meetings may be held at such times and places as shall be specified, by call of the chairman or the police jury.

Acts 1950, No. 420, §4. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 451, §1; Acts 1979, No. 325, §1; Acts 1989, No. 344, §1, eff. June 28, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 4
Parish appropriations in aid of charity hospitals
Status: in_force

Police juries may, under such regulations as they may prescribe, appropriate annually and use from parish funds, sums of money not to exceed one thousand dollars in aid of charity hospitals or other similar institutions, when the charity hospitals or other institutions are freely used without cost by the indigent sick or wounded citizens of the parishes.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:236.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 236.10
State case registry of child support orders
Status: in_force

NOTE: Subsection A eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.

A. The secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services shall create an automated state case registry of child support orders within the office of children and family services, child support enforcement section.

NOTE: Subsection A as amended by Acts 2025, No. 477, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

A. The secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services shall create an automated state case registry of child support orders within the office of child support.

B. The automated state case registry of child support orders, hereinafter referred to as the "state case registry", shall contain records with respect to each case in which services are being provided by the child support enforcement section and each support order established or modified in the state on or after October 1, 1998.

C.(1) The state shall use the state case registry herein to extract information from, to share and compare information with, and to receive information from other databases and information comparison services. Such information comparison activities shall include the federal case registry of child support orders, federal parent locator services, temporary family assistance and Medicaid agencies, intrastate and interstate information comparisons, and any other entities required by federal law.

(2) The department shall implement procedures to safeguard any confidential information contained in the state case registry, including the following:

(a) Safeguards against the unauthorized use or disclosure of information relating to paternity, child support, or child custody proceedings.

(b) Prohibitions against disclosure of the whereabouts of a party or child to a party against whom a protective order was entered with respect to that party or child.

(c) Prohibitions against the release of information if the department has reason to believe that such disclosure of the whereabouts of a party or child may result in physical or emotional harm to that party or child.

(d)(i) If the department discloses information to a court, the department shall advise the court if there is reasonable evidence of domestic violence or child abuse perpetrated against a person or child who is the subject of the inquiry.

(ii) The court shall determine whether or not disclosure to the requesting party would likely result in physical or emotional harm to the person or child who is the subject of the inquiry. If the court determines that such disclosure would likely result in harm to that person or child, the court shall not disclose the information.

D. Clerks of court in the state's judicial districts shall provide the required information to the child support enforcement section for use in developing the state case registry. The court shall require the parties, or the attorneys representing the parties, to provide the required information to the clerks of court. The Department of Children and Family Services shall enter into cooperative agreements with clerks of court to provide for reimbursement of the actual costs of collecting and transmitting the information required by this Section.

E. The Department of Children and Family Services shall develop and distribute the forms which shall be used to obtain the information. Such forms shall contain, at a minimum, the data elements identified by the secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

F. Except as provided herein, information contained in the state case registry shall be made available as public records in accordance with law.

Acts 1997, No. 391, §1; Acts 1999, No. 213, §1; Acts 2012, No. 255, §7; Acts 2025, No. 477, §15, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:313 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 313
Termination
Status: in_force

[Effective Date: Terminated on March 1, 2015.]

The provisions of this Subpart shall terminate on March 1, 2015.

Acts 2014, No. 533, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:460.37 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 460.37
Council on Medicaid Pharmacy Reimbursement; creation; composition, purpose, and duties of the council
Status: in_force

A. There is hereby created within the Louisiana Department of Health the Council on Medicaid Pharmacy Reimbursement, referred to in this Section as the "council".

B. The council shall be composed of the following members:

(1) The Medicaid director of the Louisiana Department of Health or his designee.

(2) The president of the Louisiana Pharmacists Association or his designee.

(3) The president of the Louisiana Independent Pharmacies Association or his designee.

(4) A representative of the Louisiana Alliance of Retail Pharmacies appointed by the executive director of the Louisiana Retailers Association.

(5) The president of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores or his designee.

(6) One pharmacist appointed by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.

(7) One physician appointed by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.

(8) One pharmacist appointed by the chairman of the House Committee on Health and Welfare.

(9) One physician appointed by the chairman of the House Committee on Health and Welfare.

(10) Two licensed pharmacists appointed by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy who are not currently serving on the board. The board shall strive to ensure its appointments demonstrate race, gender, ethnic, and geographical diversity.

C.(1)(a) Members of the council provided for in Paragraphs (B)(1) through (5) of this Section shall serve a term concurrent with their tenure in the qualifying office. Appointed members of the council provided for in Paragraphs (B)(6) through (10) of this Section shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Designees of members shall serve at the pleasure of the designating member not to exceed the term of the designating member.

(b) Appointed members of the council provided for in Paragraphs (B)(6) through (10) of this Section shall be licensed and in good standing with their respective licensing board, actively engaged in their profession, and participating in the Medicaid program.

(2) Six members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business. The members shall elect a chairperson and vice chair whose duties shall be established by the council. The member elected to serve as chairperson shall fix a time and place for regular meetings of the council, which shall meet at least quarterly. The council shall establish policies and procedures necessary to carry out its duties.

(3) Members of the council shall serve without compensation.

(4) The secretary shall designate the appropriate staff to provide support to the council and supply data regarding Medicaid pharmacy claims to inform the work of the council. All information provided to the council shall be either redacted or reported in the aggregate to protect the confidentiality of the information or to protect a person's reasonable right to privacy.

D.(1) The council shall perform all of the following tasks:

(a) Review Medicaid pharmacy reimbursement data and trends and establish a process by which pharmacists can provide information showing that current reimbursement does not cover the reasonable and appropriate cost for a specific pharmaceutical.

(b) Provide a platform for pharmacists to submit ideas and express concerns and a venue for public testimony on Medicaid reimbursements.

(c) Make recommendations to the secretary regarding needed changes to Medicaid pharmacy reimbursement policies and procedures, including but not limited to enhanced reimbursements for specific pharmaceuticals upon a showing that the current reimbursement does not cover the reasonable and appropriate costs and inhibits patient access to prescribed, medically necessary pharmaceuticals.

(d) Advise the secretary on alleged violations committed by Medicaid managed care organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, or any other entity that provides any service related to prescription drug administration or benefits.

(e) Make annual recommendations to the secretary regarding the implementation and administration of a Medicaid medication therapy management program pursuant to R.S. 46:153.3.1.

(f) Any other task related to the Medicaid pharmacy program, including but not limited to Medicaid prescription drug administration, drug rebates, and reimbursement.

(2) In carrying out the duties provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the council may consult with health benefit plan issuers, Medicaid managed care organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, wholesale drug distributors, and other interested stakeholders.

Acts 2022, No. 292, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1098.16 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1098.16
Minority partner
Status: in_force

Only in the event that Slidell Memorial Hospital should acquire a minority partner with a share of less than fifty percent of the assets of the hospital, shall the board of commissioners be empowered to allow representation of the minority partner on the board.

(1) By a two-thirds vote of the board of commissioners, the size of the board may be increased by not more than two members in order to allow for representation of a minority shareholder on the board.

(2) Such board members shall be appointed by the minority shareholder to serve initial terms of one year and two years respectively.

(3) Subsequently, these appointees of the minority shareholder shall serve full four-year terms.

(4) No other restrictions or qualifications shall apply to board members appointed by a minority shareholder, except with regard to term limitations contained herein.

Acts 2020, No. 365, §1, eff. June 12, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1851 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1851
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter:

(1) "Account" and "escrow account" mean an escrow account in the name of a defendant as provided for by this Chapter.

(2) "Board" means the Crime Victims Reparations Board provided for by Chapter 21 of this Title.

(3) "Catastrophic property damage" means catastrophic property damage as defined in Chapter 21 of this Title.

(4) "Defendant" means an offender who has been convicted of a capital offense and sentenced to death in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 15:567 through 571.

(5) "Minor" means a person under the age of eighteen years.

(6) "Victim" means any person who suffers death, injury, or catastrophic property damage as a result of the defendant's crime, or any person who is otherwise eligible to have a judgment or reparations award satisfied from a defendant's escrow account as provided for by this Chapter, or any legal representative thereof, but does not include any person denied eligibility for a reparations award by Chapter 21 of this Title.

Acts 2012, No. 799, §3, eff. June 13, 2012.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2416 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2416
Confidentiality; penalties
Status: in_force

Before beginning to serve on a local citizen review board, each member shall promise by oath to the court to keep confidential the information reviewed by the board and its actions and recommendations in individual cases. Members of local citizen review boards shall be subject to the penalties set forth in R.S. 46:56.

Added by Acts 1983, No. 610, §1; eff. July 1, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2551 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2551
Declaration of purpose
Status: in_force

A. The legislature hereby recognizes all of the following:

(1) It is imperative to protect and assist the youth of Louisiana if this state is to move forward and realize its potential in the future.

(2) It is imperative to reduce the rate of teen pregnancies and prevent the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among the youth of Louisiana in order to build stronger families and a healthier future for Louisiana.

(3) In order to improve the lives of Louisiana families and ensure a better future for youth of Louisiana, it is imperative for state agencies to collaborate to create a comprehensive strategy to reduce the rate of teen pregnancies and prevent the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among the youth of Louisiana.

Acts 2014, No. 534, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2163 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2163
Civil cause of action for victims of human trafficking
Status: in_force

An individual who is a victim of human trafficking shall have a civil cause of action in district court for injunctive relief and to recover actual damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages, and for any other appropriate relief. A prevailing plaintiff shall also be awarded court costs and attorney fees. Treble damages shall be awarded on proof of actual damages where the defendant's actions were willful and malicious.

Acts 2013, No. 429, §2, eff. June 24, 2013.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1809 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1809
Criteria for making awards; prohibitions; authority to deny or reduce awards
Status: in_force

A. The board shall order the payment of reparations in an amount determined by it if, with or without hearings, it finds by a preponderance of the evidence that pecuniary loss was sustained by the victim or other claimant by reason of personal injury, death, or catastrophic property loss suffered by the victim and that such loss was proximately caused by a crime enumerated in R.S. 46:1805 and that such pecuniary loss has or will not be compensated from any collateral or other source.

B. In making its determination, the following provisions shall apply:

(1) A finding by the board, for purposes of considering an application for award under this Chapter, that the commission of a crime enumerated in R.S. 46:1805(A) resulted in a pecuniary loss covered by this Chapter shall be a sufficient finding with respect to the crimes giving rise to the application for a reparations award. However, the board may make a partial eligibility determination on an application prior to the incurring of a pecuniary loss by the victim or other claimant. When one part of an award is denied, the board shall favor a partial award over the total denial. An order for reparations may be made whether or not any person is arrested, prosecuted, or convicted of the crime giving rise to the application for reparations. The board may suspend proceedings in the interest of justice if a civil or criminal action arising from such act or omission constituting the crime is pending or imminent.

(2) Conviction of an offender of a crime giving rise to the application for reparations under this Chapter shall be conclusive evidence that the crime was committed.

(3)(a) No award of reparations shall be made if the board finds that:

(i) The claimant failed or refused to cooperate substantially with reasonable requests of appropriate law enforcement officials.

(ii) A totality of the circumstances indicate that the claimant was the offender or an accessory, or that an award to the claimant would unjustly benefit any of them. However, such ineligibility shall not apply if the claimant is a victim of human trafficking or trafficking of children for sexual purposes.

(b) The ineligibility provisions provided for in Items (a)(i) and (ii) of this Paragraph shall not apply if the claim for reparations results from a sexually oriented criminal offense.

(4) The board may deny or reduce an award:

(a) If a totality of the circumstances indicate that the behavior of the victim at the time of the crime giving rise to the claim was such that the victim bears some measure of responsibility for the crime that caused the physical injury, death, or catastrophic property loss or for the physical injury, death, or catastrophic property loss. However, such ineligibility shall not apply if the claimant is a victim of a human trafficking-related offense as defined by R.S. 46:1805 or a sexually oriented criminal offense as defined by R.S. 15:622.

(b) To the extent that the pecuniary loss is recouped from collateral or other sources.

(c) If it finds that the vehicle operated by the victim was without security as required by R.S. 32:861.

(d) If it finds that the victim was not wearing a safety belt in compliance with R.S. 32:295.1.

(e) If it finds that the victim was a willing passenger in a motor vehicle, boat, or aircraft that was operated by an individual who was in violation of R.S. 14:98 or 98.1.

(5) No reparations of any kind shall be awarded under this Chapter to a victim who is injured or killed while confined in any state, parish, or city jail, prison, or other correctional facility as a result of a conviction of any crime. However, if, prior to a conviction, the victim was injured or killed while incarcerated, the board may deny reparations if it is subsequently determined that the victim was guilty of the offense which resulted in his incarceration.

C. No victim or dependent shall be denied reparations solely because he or she is a relative of the offender or was living with the offender at the time of the injury or death. However, reparations may be awarded to a victim or dependent who is a relative, family or household member of the offender at the time of the award only if it can be reasonably determined that the offender will receive no substantial economic benefit or unjust enrichment from the award.

D.(1) When a victim applies for the recovery of restitution pursuant to R.S. 46:1806(F) the board shall order the payment of the restitution to the victim if all of the following conditions apply:

(a) The board determines that an offender was ordered to pay restitution to the victim as a condition of the offender's release on parole pursuant to R.S. 15:574.4.2(C)(1)(a).

(b) The restitution payments were directed to the Crime Victims Reparations Fund pursuant to R.S. 15:574.4.2(C)(1)(b).

(2) When the board orders payment pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section regarding criteria for and determinations of eligibility for reparations and determinations of the amount of reparations do not apply.

E. No victim or claimant shall be denied or otherwise deemed ineligible for reparations pursuant to this Chapter, nor shall any award for reparations pursuant to this Chapter be reduced, on the basis that the victim or claimant has any conviction or adjudication of delinquency, on the basis that the victim or claimant is currently on probation or parole, or on the basis that the victim or claimant has previously served any sentence of incarceration, probation, or parole unrelated to the offense for which reparations would otherwise be awarded pursuant to this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 250, §1, eff. July 17, 1982. Acts 1983, No. 162, §1; Acts 1985, No. 542, §1; Acts 1989, No. 255, §1; Acts 1990, No. 512, §1; Acts 1991, No. 409, §2; Acts 1995, No. 421, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1296, §6, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2012, No. 446, §4; Acts 2014, No. 564, §4; Acts 2015, No. 229, §4, eff. June 23, 2015; Acts 2017, No. 53, §2; Acts 2019, No. 418, §1; Acts 2022, No. 487, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:979.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 979.4
Administration of the Louisiana First America Next Freedom and Empowerment Plan
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Department of Health shall create and administer the plan within the department. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this Chapter in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

B. In keeping with the plan's purposes set forth in R.S. 46:979.3, the department shall on or before September 1, 2014, submit to the House and Senate committees on health and welfare and to the governor an outline specifying how it will seek to implement the following health care access reforms in Louisiana beginning January 1, 2015:

(1) Lowering the cost of health care in Louisiana, including but not limited to actions furthering the following goals:

(a) Tax equity: Giving all Louisiana consumers the same standard deduction for health insurance, regardless of whether they obtain that health insurance from an employer or on their own, and without raising taxes.

(b) A Louisiana health insurance program: Seeking any available federal funds, including but not limited to the use of federal waivers or Medicaid state plan amendments, so as to create an innovative and cost-effective state health insurance program that would reduce health insurance premiums to make coverage more affordable, guarantee access for individuals with pre-existing conditions, and allow the state the option of using such funds to subsidize health insurance coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions and low-income individuals who may not receive tax savings from a health insurance deduction.

(c) Health savings accounts: Further increasing participation in the plan's innovative insurance model and enhancing the ability to contain the growth of health costs by allowing individuals to create personal health savings accounts and use those funds to pay health insurance premiums, allowing for additional flexibility in benefit design.

(d) Greater incentives for wellness: Providing insurers and employers with additional flexibility to offer incentives for healthy behaviors, and the ability to provide those incentives on a tax-free basis, in order to accelerate efforts at changing behaviors in a way that can slow health cost growth.

(e) Focus on eliminating fraud: Moving away from the existing "pay and chase" model of eliminating fraud, and seeking to target those who profit from trafficking in personal health information.

(f) Price and quality transparency: Increasing online posting of health care services price and quality data in order to empower Louisiana patients with trusted information and provide Louisiana health care providers with a greater incentive to improve their quality practices.

(2) Protecting the most vulnerable Louisiana citizens, including but not limited to actions furthering the following goals:

(a) Guaranteed access for pre-existing conditions: Demonstrating in requests to federal funding sources that, as a condition of participation in the plan, Louisiana will guarantee access for individuals with pre-existing conditions through a high-risk pool, reinsurance, or some other method ensuring those with chronic conditions can obtain needed care.

(b) Premium support: Providing cost subsidies or premium assistance so that Louisiana's senior citizens are offered more health insurance choices, while seeking to make Medicare more financially solvent and sustainable for future generations.

(c) Medicaid reforms: Seeking to work with the federal government through existing or new grant programs to demonstrate that, in exchange for a fixed funding allotment from the federal government and accountability standards, Louisiana will demonstrate flexibility in designing solutions to meet the health care needs of Louisiana citizens.

(d) Life protections: Seeking to strengthen conscience protections for businesses and medical providers.

(3) Portability and choice, including but not limited to actions furthering the following goals:

(a) Louisiana-based reforms to expand access: Reforming laws that govern medical licensure and construction of new medical facilities, in order to increase the supply of medical providers, including new options that may lower health care costs.

(b) Better access for individuals changing employers: Ending the requirement that individuals leaving their employer must exhaust COBRA continuation coverage before gaining access to the individual health insurance market, in order to alleviate a costly mandate on businesses and ease the transition into individual health coverage for those changing jobs.

(c) Pooling mechanisms: Allowing small businesses, fraternal organizations, civic groups, alumni associations, and other similar organizations to band together and offer health insurance to their members in order to provide new options for individuals to purchase coverage that travels with them from job to job.

(d) Cross-state insurance purchasing: Seeking to work with the federal government and other state governments to allow purchasing of health insurance across state lines, so as to allow Louisianians to buy the customized health insurance plan that best meets their needs.

(e) Lawsuit reform: Enacting common sense reforms to crack down on frivolous lawsuits in seeking to expand patient access and lower costs.

(f) Freedom for senior citizens to choose: Enhancing choice and competition by eliminating the arbitrary restrictions on senior citizens' choice of medical providers imposed by bureaucratic mandates, and seeking to restore the doctor-patient relationship by working with the federal government to see those onerous requirements repealed.

C. The department may work with any other state department in order to seek to effect the plan's purposes, and shall do so with all deliberate speed so as to effect these health care reforms in a timely manner.

D.(1) The department may utilize any federal or state funding, or any other source of revenue, available to implement this plan.

(2) Prior to implementation, the department shall develop the plan, including a determination of the cost, and submit the plan with the cost estimate to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget for approval.

E. The plan may include premium support or insurance premium subsidies for eligible individuals to enable their enrollment in a health insurance plan.

F. The department shall be specifically authorized to pay supplemental cost-sharing subsidies directly to health insurance plans or health savings accounts for participants in the plan.

G. An eligible individual offered health insurance access, enrolled in health insurance coverage or allowed to create a health savings account, shall affirmatively acknowledge the existence of all of the following facts:

(1) The plan shall not be a perpetual federal or state right or guaranteed entitlement.

(2) The plan shall be subject to cancellation upon appropriate notice.

(3) The plan shall not be an entitlement program.

H. The state may implement cost-sharing and copays, as a condition of participation in the plan, for plan participants whose earning shall exceed fifty percent of the applicable federal poverty guideline as published in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

I. The department shall recommend appropriate adjustments in funding to the legislature. Adjustments shall be made by the legislature as appropriate.

J. On a quarterly basis, the department shall report to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, within two weeks of the end of each quarter, information regarding the following aspects of the plan:

(1) Plan enrollment.

(2) Patient experience.

(3) Economic impact.

(4) Carrier competition.

(5) Success in avoiding uncompensated care.

Acts 2014, No. 783, §1, eff. June 19, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1831.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1831.1
Short title
Status: in_force

This Chapter may be cited as the "Victims of Vehicular Homicide Act".

Acts 2023, No. 451, §2.

NOTE: Pursuant to R.S. 46:1831.16, this Chapter will terminate Aug. 1, 2027.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1977 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1977
Violations; penalties
Status: in_force

A. Any individual, business, or healthcare provider that violates the provisions in this Chapter shall be fined no more than five hundred dollars for the first offense.

B. Any individual, business, or healthcare provider that violates the provisions in this Chapter shall be fined no more than one thousand dollars for the second offense.

C. Any individual, business, or healthcare provider that violates the provisions in this Chapter shall be fined no more than two thousand five hundred dollars for the third or any subsequent offense.

Acts 2024, No. 558, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:286.23 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 286.23
Standard of care; application
Status: in_force

A. It is the policy of this state that each child who enters foster care should be encouraged and supported to participate in age- and developmentally appropriate extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, social, and sporting activities.

B.(1) Each caregiver shall use the reasonable and prudent parent standard as defined in R.S. 46:283(D) in determining whether to give permission for a child living in foster care under the responsibility of the state to participate in extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, social, or sporting activities.

(2) When using the reasonable and prudent parent standard, the caregiver shall consider all of the factors provided in R.S. 46:283(E).

Acts 2015, No. 310, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1402 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1402
Legislative intent; declaration of purpose and policy
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the legislature to protect the health, safety, and well-being of the children and youth of the state who are in out-of-home care on a regular or consistent basis. Toward that end, it is the purpose of this Chapter to establish statewide minimum standards for the safety and well-being of children and youth, to ensure maintenance of these standards, and to regulate conditions in these facilities through a program of licensing. It shall be the policy of the state to ensure protection of all individuals under care by specialized providers and to encourage and assist in the improvement of programs. It is the further intent of the legislature that the freedom of religion of all citizens shall be inviolate. This Chapter shall not give the Louisiana Department of Health or the Department of Children and Family Services jurisdiction or authority to regulate, control, supervise, or in any way be involved in the form, manner, or content of any curriculum or instruction of a school or specialized provider sponsored by a church or religious organization so long as the civil and human rights of the clients and residents are not violated.

Acts 1985, No. 286, §1; Acts 1990, No. 351, §2, eff. July 10, 1990; Acts 2014, No. 868, §5, eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Acts 2016, No. 502, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2200 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2200
Transportation assistance for persons who are elderly and persons with disabilities
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation and Development may establish and administer a program to provide assistance to applicants eligible under the provisions of Section 16(b)(2) of the federal Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1612(b)(2)).

Added by Acts 1979, No. 785, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §24, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:234 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 234
Judicially appointed curator
Status: in_force

In lieu of selecting a payee to receive assistance, the department, pursuant to federal regulations, may require the referral of the case to the district court for a judicially appointed curator. The court is authorized to appoint a capable, interested, and willing third person, irrespective of whether he is related to the child within any of the degrees of relationship set forth in Section 406(a) of Title IV of the Social Security Act, to receive the payments and use them in the best interest of the child. The curator shall be accountable at whatever intervals are specified by the court and the court shall require a bond or whatever other security is deemed necessary by the court to ensure the faithful performance of the curator's duties. The curator, upon being appointed, shall take the oath and letters of authority may be issued to him. In those instances in which the department requires the case be referred to the court for the appointment of a curator, each local governing authority shall have the option in any case to provide compensation to the curator.

Acts 1962, No. 28, §2. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5; Acts 2025, No. 478, §12, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:977.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 977.12
Amendments or waivers of federal requirements
Status: in_force

The department shall request any necessary state plan amendments or waivers of federal requirements in order to use federal funds for implementing any or all the provisions of the program.

Acts 2007, No. 407, §1, eff. July 10, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:234.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 234.2
Receipt of assistance payments
Status: in_force

All assistance payments for aid for dependent children shall be mailed so as to reasonably assure that they will be received on the date due. If the due date falls on a weekend or a holiday, then the assistance payment shall be mailed so as to reasonably assure its receipt on the last regular banking date immediately preceding the due date.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 571, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2136.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2136.2
Louisiana Protective Order Registry
Status: in_force

A. In order to provide a statewide registry for abuse prevention orders to protect victims and witnesses; to prevent domestic abuse, dating violence, stalking, sexual assault, and crimes of violence; and to aid law enforcement, prosecutors, and the courts in handling such matters, there shall be created a Louisiana Protective Order Registry administered by the judicial administrator's office, Louisiana Supreme Court. The judicial administrator's office shall collect the data transmitted to it from the courts, law enforcement, and private process servers of the state and enter it into the Louisiana Protective Order Registry as expeditiously as possible.

B. The Louisiana Protective Order Registry encompasses temporary restraining orders, protective orders, preliminary injunctions, permanent injunctions, and court-approved consent agreements resulting from actions brought pursuant to R.S. 46:2131 et seq., 2151, 2171 et seq., or 2181 et seq.; R.S. 9:361 et seq. or 372; Children's Code Article 1564 et seq.; or Code of Civil Procedure Article 3607.1, or peace bonds pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 30(B), or as part of the disposition, sentence, bail condition, or other issue ancillary to a criminal matter pursuant to R.S. 46:1846, Code of Criminal Procedure Article 320 or 871.1, or any other lawfully issued Uniform Abuse Prevention Order.

C. The courts of this state shall use a uniform form for the issuance of any protective or restraining order, which form shall be developed, approved, and distributed by the judicial administrator's office, shall be titled the "Uniform Abuse Prevention Order".

D. The clerk of the issuing court shall immediately send a copy of the order or any modification thereof to the Louisiana Protective Order Registry and to the chief law enforcement officer of the parish in which the person or persons protected by the order reside as expeditiously as possible but no later than the end of the next calendar day after the order is filed with the clerk of court. Transmittal of the Uniform Abuse Prevention Order shall be made by transmission or direct electronic input as expeditiously as possible, but no later than the end of the next calendar day after the order is filed with the clerk of court.

E. Upon formation, the registry shall immediately implement a daily process of expungement of records and names of the parties in all cases where either a temporary restraining order expires without conversion to an injunction or, after an evidentiary hearing, it is determined that a protective order is not warranted.

NOTE: Subsection F eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.

F. The judicial administrator's office shall make the Louisiana Protective Order Registry available to state and local law enforcement agencies, district attorney offices, the Department of Children and Family Services, office of children and family services, child support enforcement section, the Louisiana Department of Health, bureau of protective services, the office of elderly affairs, elderly protective services, the office of the attorney general, and the courts.

NOTE: Subsection F as amended by Acts 2025, No. 477, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

F. The judicial administrator's office shall make the Louisiana Protective Order Registry available to state and local law enforcement agencies; district attorney offices; the Department of Children and Family Services, office of child support; the Louisiana Department of Health; bureau of protective services; the office of elderly affairs; elderly protective services; the office of the attorney general; and the courts.

G. The judicial administrator's office shall develop policies and procedures that provide for immediate entry of protection orders received by the office to include those received the next calendar day. To avoid delays in entry, the office shall have the authority to authorize agencies to enter protective orders directly into the registry when certain conditions or criteria exist.

Acts 1997, No. 1156, §7; Acts 1999, No. 213, §1; Acts 2003, No. 750, §6; Acts 2004, No. 674, §1; Acts 2012, No. 255, §7; Acts 2014, No. 317, §3; Acts 2014, No. 318, §3; Acts 2014, No. 355, §2; Acts 2015, No. 242, §3; Acts 2018, No. 679, §3; Acts 2023, No. 309, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 225, §1; Acts 2025, No. 477, §15, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2125 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2125
Evaluation; reports
Status: in_force

A. Both the program created hereunder and the shelters it prescribes shall be evaluated by the House and Senate committees on health and welfare at the end of the first fiscal year of the program and at the end of each subsequent fiscal year during which the program is continued. Such evaluation shall be designed to determine the effectiveness of the program in achieving its objectives.

B. A report of the evaluation shall be made to the legislature upon which recommendations for continued funding or termination of the program shall be based.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 746, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1454 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1454
Reporting
Status: in_force

On or before December 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the department shall submit to the House and Senate committees on health and welfare a report on the status and operation of the program. Each report required by this Section shall include, at minimum, all of the following:

(1) A detailed itemization of expenditures associated with the program.

(2) The number of individuals served by the program, and for the individuals served, the types of services provided to each.

(3) Any information regarding the program requested by and provided to any elected member of the legislature during the period addressed in the report.

(4) Any other information that the secretary of the department deems necessary or appropriate for facilitating evaluation of the program.

Acts 2022, No. 561, §1, eff. June 17, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:930.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 930.1
Suit for default; audit by legislative auditor
Status: in_force

A. Upon default of payment of the scholarship as provided herein, the office shall turn the matter over to the attorney general or any parish or district attorney acting for the office for prosecution and suit for the amount due, in the parish of the domicile of the recipient, the parish in which the nursing school is located, or the parish of East Baton Rouge.

B. All transactions pursuant to this Part shall be subject to audit by the legislative auditor.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 931, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:231.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 231.4
Immunization compliance; exceptions
Status: in_force

NOTE: Subsection A eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 478.

A. The secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services and the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall require each recipient of public assistance of the programs described herein or his parent or guardian to present to the appropriate local agency issuing the public assistance sufficient evidence of immunity or immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases according to a schedule promulgated by rule by the office of public health of the Louisiana Department of Health. Sufficient evidence that such an immunization program is in progress may be substituted for proof of immunity or immunization.

NOTE: Subsection A as amended by Acts 2025, No. 478, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

A. The secretary of Louisiana Works and the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall require each recipient or customer of public assistance of the programs described herein or his parent or guardian to present to the appropriate local agency issuing the public assistance sufficient evidence of immunity or immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases according to a schedule promulgated by rule by the office of public health of the Louisiana Department of Health. Sufficient evidence that such an immunization program is in progress may be substituted for proof of immunity or immunization.

B. Except as provided herein, failure to comply with the provisions of Subsection A of this Section within a reasonable period of time, as defined by rule, after written notification of the requirements of this Section shall result in the suspension of public assistance until compliance is demonstrated.

C. No person shall be required to comply with the provisions of this Section if that person or his parent or guardian submits a written statement from a physician stating that the immunization procedure is contraindicated for medical reasons or if the person or his parent or guardian objects to the procedure on religious grounds.

NOTE: Subsection D eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 478.

D. The Department of Children and Family Services and the Louisiana Department of Health shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Section for programs under the particular department's jurisdiction. The office of public health shall develop and promulgate by rule the immunization schedule required herein.

NOTE: Subsection D as amended by Acts 2025, No. 478, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.

D. Louisiana Works and the Louisiana Department of Health shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Section for programs under the particular department's jurisdiction. The office of public health shall develop and promulgate by rule the immunization schedule required herein.

E. The Louisiana Department of Health shall apply for any federal waiver necessary to ensure full federal participation in the implementation of this Section and shall submit a written report to the Senate and House committees on health and welfare at the time the waiver is either approved or denied. Failure to receive waiver approval for any one or more of the public assistance programs shall not preclude the implementation of this Section for the remaining programs, upon waiver approval, if needed.

F.(1) The following public assistance programs shall be subject to the provisions of this Section:

(a) Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP).

(b) Public assistance with the cost of medical care under the medical assistance program (Medicaid).

(2) For purposes of this Section, "recipient" means a recipient of public assistance who is under eighteen years of age and all of a recipient's dependents who are under eighteen years of age.

Acts 1997, No. 1155, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5; Acts 2025, No. 478, §13, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:232 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 232
Investigations and reports
Status: in_force

A. If any person has knowledge that any dependent child is dependent upon the public for support, or that the interest of the public requires that the child be granted aid, the person may bring the fact to the notice of the parish office of the Department of Children and Family Services of the parish in which the child resides, which department shall make an investigation and examination of the circumstances of the child before the granting of aid.

B. A report of the investigation, examination, and visit shall be made in writing and become a part of the record in the case.

Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1442.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1442.2
The office of children and family services; duties
Status: in_force

A. The office of children and family services, Department of Children and Family Services shall issue a request for proposals to establish intergenerational child care programs designed to employ or utilize senior workers as child care personnel. In developing the requirements for the request for proposals, the office shall consider a variety of program designs and funding arrangements which shall directly involve senior workers in daycare facilities and shall include but not be limited to programs providing salary stipends, transportation, or meals. Priority shall be given to proposals submitted from those areas of the state with significant numbers of elderly and with the greatest need for child care facilities.

B. To be eligible to receive funding, an applicant shall:

(1) Submit a proposal which meets the requirements of the request for proposals issued by the office.

(2) Provide documentation that the proposal will involve senior workers in child care facilities.

(3) Agree to involve local or area elderly or senior citizen organizations, agencies, and advocacy groups, including but not limited to councils on aging and the American Association of Retired Persons.

(4) Agree to enroll children of persons receiving public assistance in the child care facility.

(5) Complete licensure requirements of the Child Care Facility and Child-Placing Agency Licensing Act (R.S. 46:1401-1424).

C. The office, through the Department of Children and Family Services, shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the requirements of this Chapter.

Acts 1990, No. 1087, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1973 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1973
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter:

(1) "Disability" is defined in accordance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq., and its related amendments and implementing regulations. The term "disability" includes a handicap as defined by the federal Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq., as amended, and 24 CFR 100.201.

(2) "Healthcare provider" has the same definition as set forth in R.S. 40:1231.1.

(3) "Healthcare services" has the same definition as set forth in R.S. 22:1020.1.

(4) "Public accommodation" or "place of public accommodation" has the same meaning as set forth in R.S. 51:2232.

(5) "Service dog" has the same definition as set forth in R.S. 46:1952.

(6) "Support animal" means an animal, other than a service dog as defined in R.S. 46:1952, that does work, performs tasks, or provides assistance or therapeutic emotional support for individuals with disabilities.

(7) "Therapeutic relationship" means the provision of healthcare services by a healthcare provider in good faith and with actual knowledge of an individual's disability and that individual's disability-related need for a support animal. The term "therapeutic relationship" does not include services provided by an individual or entity that issues a certificate, license, letter, or similar document that purports to confirm, without conducting a meaningful assessment of an individual's disability or an individual's disability-related need for a support animal, that a person has either a disability or a disability-related need for a support animal.

Acts 2024, No. 558, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:236.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 236.5
Expedited process for establishment of paternity and establishment or enforcement of support; hearing officers
Status: in_force

A. All actions to establish paternity or to establish or enforce a support obligation which are brought by the Department of Children and Family Services, hereafter called "the department", on its own behalf or on behalf of any person for whom support has been ordered and whose support rights have been assigned to the department or for whom the department is providing support enforcement services, must be completed, from the time of service of process of the action to the time of disposition, within the following time frames:

(1) Seventy-five percent in six months.

(2) Ninety percent in twelve months.

B.(1) Any court with jurisdiction to establish paternity or to establish or enforce support obligations shall implement an expedited process for the establishment or enforcement thereof in accordance with existing judicial procedures or the provisions of Subsection C of this Section. "Expedited process" means administrative or expedited judicial processes or both which increase effectiveness and meet completion time frames specified in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of Subsection A of this Section. Such a court may collect and distribute support obligations and may, by court order or rule, assess and collect a sum payable by the obligor as a fee of not more than five percent of all existing and future support obligations to fund the administrative costs of a system for expedited process. The fee may be assessed and collected against existing and future arrearages as well as ongoing support payments, whether or not an arrearage exists. The fee shall be assessed only against the payor of support and such assessment shall not reduce the amount of child support owed the obligee.

(2) A court may assess a one-time fee in each case payable by the obligor not to exceed twenty-five dollars to fund the expenses incurred by the district public defender office in the representation of individuals ordered to pay support under Subsection A of this Section. The court may designate the district public defender office as agent for the collection of the assessed fee.

C. An expedited process for the establishment of paternity and the establishment and enforcement of support and other related family and domestic matters in district courts using hearing officers may be implemented as follows:

(1) The judge or judges of the appropriate court or courts for the establishment of paternity or the establishment and enforcement of support and other domestic and family matters may appoint one or more hearing officers to hear paternity, support, and other domestic and family related matters. Domestic and family matters shall include divorce and all issues ancillary to a divorce proceeding; all child-related issues such as paternity, filiation, custody, visitation, and support in non-marital cases; all protective orders filed in accordance with R.S. 46:2131 et seq., R.S. 46:2151 et seq., and the Children's Code and all injunctions filed in accordance with R.S. 9:361, 371, and 372 and Code of Civil Procedure Articles 3601 et seq., which involve personal abuse, terrorizing, stalking, or harassment; and enforcement of orders in any of these matters, including contempt of court.

(2) The hearing officer shall be a full-time or part-time employee of the court and shall be an attorney who has been in good standing with any state bar association for not less than five years and has prior experience in cases involving child support services.

(3) The hearing officer shall act as a finder of fact and shall make written recommendations to the court concerning any domestic and family matters as set forth by local court rule, including but not limited to the following matters:

(a) Hear and make recommendations on establishment and modification of child and spousal support, child custody and visitation.

(b) Hear and make recommendations on the method of collection of child and spousal support.

(c) Hear and make recommendations on enforcement of child and spousal support, including but not limited to proceedings under Children's Code Articles 1352 through 1355, and on enforcement of child custody and visitation.

(d) Hear and make recommendations on contested and uncontested paternity cases.

(e) Hear and make recommendations on default orders or rules to show cause, if the absent parent does not respond to notice.

(f) Hear and make recommendations on the punishment by the court for the constructive contempt of an order of the court or hearing officer.

(g) Hear and make recommendations regarding confirmation of domestic and family default judgments, provided that no judgment shall be effective until signed by a district judge.

(h) Hear and make recommendations regarding the granting of uncontested divorces and approve domestic and family consent judgments provided that no judgment shall be effective until signed by a district judge.

(i) Hear and make recommendations regarding the resolution of disputes concerning discovery or the issuance of subpoenas.

(j) Hear and make recommendations regarding the referral of parties to mediation, medical and psychological evaluation, and drug testing in accordance with R.S. 9:306 and 331 et seq., and to make recommendations regarding the referral of parties to counseling and substance abuse treatment.

(k) Hear and make recommendations on all protective orders filed in accordance with R.S. 46:2131 et seq., R.S. 46:2151 et seq., R.S. 46:2171 et seq., R.S. 46:2181 et seq., and the Children's Code and on all injunctions filed in accordance with R.S. 9:361 et. seq., 371, and 372 and Code of Civil Procedure Articles 3601 et seq., which involve personal abuse, terrorizing, stalking, or harassment; and hear and make recommendations on all motions for contempt of court and motions to extend, modify, or dissolve protective orders and injunctions.

(4) In furtherance of and in addition to making written recommendations as set forth in Paragraph (3), the hearing officer may do the following:

(a) Administer oaths.

(b) Compel the attendance of witnesses and issue subpoenas.

(c) Order blood and tissue tests for the determination of paternity in accordance with R.S. 9:396 et seq.

(d) Issue bench warrants for the failure to respond to summons or attend hearings or produce documents as ordered, or for the failure otherwise to appear in court or at hearings.

(e) Conduct hearings on bench warrants issued in accordance with this Section and recommend punishment to the court.

(f) Take testimony.

(g) Contemporaneously fine and punish direct contempt of court.

(h) Accept voluntary acknowledgments of support liabilities and stipulated agreements setting forth the amount of support to be paid.

(i) Make a record of the hearings authorized by this Section.

(j) Sign and issue all rules nisi, orders to appear and show cause, and other orders necessary to the performance of the duties of the office.

(5) The written recommendation of the hearing officer shall contain all of the following:

(a) A statement of the pleadings.

(b) A statement as to the findings of fact by the hearing officer.

(c) A statement as to the findings of law based on the pleadings and facts, including his opinion thereon.

(d) A proposed judgment.

(6) A copy of any written recommendations, orders, or uncontested judgments rendered by the hearing officer shall be provided to the parties and their counsel at the time of the hearing officer's ruling, if present. Any party who disagrees with a judgment or ruling of a hearing officer on a matter set forth in Paragraph (3) may file a written objection to the findings of fact or law of the hearing officer within the time and manner established by court rule. The objection shall be heard by the judge of the district court to whom the case is assigned. Upon filing of the objection, the court shall schedule a contradictory hearing where the judge shall accept, reject, or modify in whole or in part the findings of the hearing officer. If the judge in his discretion determines that additional information is needed, he may receive evidence at the hearing or remand the proceeding to the hearing officer.

(7) If no written objection is filed with the clerk of court within the time and manner established, the order shall become a final judgment of the court and shall be signed by a judge and appealable as a final judgment. The judgment after signature by a district judge shall be served upon the parties in accordance with law.

Acts 1986, No. 517, §1; Acts 1987, No. 511, §1; Acts 1988, No. 970, §1, eff. July 27, 1988; Acts 1990, No. 880, §1; Acts 1992, No. 799, §1; Acts 1992, No. 870, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1992; Acts 1995, No. 252, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 104, §1; Acts 2003, No. 964, §1; Acts 2007, No. 307, §8; Acts 2015, No. 242, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2743 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2743
Specialty services; exempted
Status: in_force

The various specialty services in the state which provide skilled programs for infectious diseases, neuro-rehabilitation treatment, and technology-dependent care shall be excluded from the provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 2001, No. 694, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:460.71 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 460.71
Claim payment information
Status: in_force

A. Any claim payment to a provider by a managed care organization or by a fiscal agent or intermediary of the managed care organization shall be accompanied by an itemized accounting of the individual services represented on the claim that are included in the payment. This itemization shall include but shall not be limited to all of the following items:

(1) The patient or enrollee's name.

(2) The Medicaid health insurance claim number.

(3) The date of each service.

(4) The patient account number assigned by the provider.

(5) The Current Procedural Terminology code for each procedure, hereinafter referred to as "CPT code", including the amount allowed and any modifiers and units.

(6) The amount due from the patient that includes but is not limited to copayments and coinsurance or deductibles.

(7) The payment amount of reimbursement.

(8) Identification of the plan on whose behalf the payment is made.

B. If a managed care organization is a secondary payer, then the organization shall send, in addition to all information required by Subsection A of this Section, acknowledgment of payment as a secondary payer, the primary payer's coordination of benefits information, and the third-party liability carrier code.

C.(1) If the claim for payment is denied in whole or in part by the managed care organization or by a fiscal agent or intermediary of the organization, and the denial is remitted in the standard paper format, then the organization shall, in addition to providing all information required by Subsection A of this Section, include a claim denial reason code specific to each CPT code listed that matches or is equivalent to a code used by the state or its fiscal intermediary in the fee-for-service Medicaid program. If the claim is denied by the managed care organization based upon an opinion or interpretation by the managed care organization of a law, regulation, policy, procedure, or medical criteria or guideline, then the managed care organization shall provide with the remittance advice either instructions for accessing the applicable law, regulation, policy, procedure, or medical criteria or guideline in the public domain or an actual copy of that law, regulation, policy, procedure, or medical criteria or guideline.

(2) If the claim for payment is denied in whole or in part by the managed care organization or by a fiscal agent or intermediary of the plan, and the denial is remitted electronically, then the organization shall, in addition to providing all information required by Subsection A of this Section, include an American National Standards Institute compliant reason and remark code and shall make available to the provider of the service a complimentary standard paper format remittance advice that contains a claim denial reason code specific to each CPT code listed that matches or is equivalent to a code used by the state or its fiscal intermediary in the fee-for-service Medicaid program. If the claim is denied by the managed care organization based upon an opinion or interpretation by the managed care organization of a law, regulation, policy, procedure, or medical criteria or guideline, then the managed care organization shall provide with the remittance advice either instructions for accessing the applicable law, regulation, policy, procedure, or medical criteria or guideline in the public domain or an actual copy of that law, regulation, policy, procedure, or medical criteria or guideline.

D. Each CPT code listed on the approved Medicaid fee-for-service fee schedule shall be considered payable by each Medicaid managed care organization or a fiscal agent or intermediary of the organization.

E. Unless the secretary of the department promulgates a rule in accordance with this Subsection, a managed care organization shall be strictly prohibited from amending, modifying, or changing in any manner a claim submitted by a healthcare provider or adjusting, down-coding, or paying a claim at a lower level of service than what was submitted by the healthcare provider. However, this Section shall not prohibit a managed care organization from conducting required post-payment reviews and audits, and taking action as a result of such reviews and audits. Any violation of the provisions of this Subsection shall result in the department withholding from payment to the managed care organization an amount to be determined by the department not less than twenty-five thousand dollars or greater for each violation of this Section. The department may promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act that authorize a statewide policy for managed care organizations to adjudicate payment of claims in a manner that would otherwise violate the provisions of this Section. Such rule shall become effective only upon the approval of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare and the House Committee on Health and Welfare, meeting separately or jointly.

Acts 2013, No. 358, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; Acts 2019, No. 330, §1; Acts 2025, No. 293, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2581 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 2581
Creation; personnel
Status: in_force

The office of disability affairs is hereby created as a state agency in the office of the governor. The office shall exercise the powers and duties hereinafter set forth or otherwise provided by law. The office shall be administered by an executive director, who shall be appointed by the governor to serve at his pleasure. The executive director shall employ a staff necessary to carry out the duties of the office.

Acts 1991, No. 1042, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:975.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 975.2
Mammography; medical assistance program
Status: in_force

A. The minimum mammography examination for women age forty or older as provided for in R.S. 22:1028 shall be a covered service in the medical assistance program.

B. For the purposes of this Section, "medical assistance program" means the medical assistance program provided for in Title XIX of the Social Security Act as administered by the Louisiana Department of Health.

Acts 2018, No. 494, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1922 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1922
Making and maintaining written records
Status: in_force

The department shall cause to be made and maintained full and complete written records of all studies and examinations and of the conclusions and recommendations based thereon, and of all major decisions and orders concerning the disposition and treatment of every child with respect to whom the department provides, or arranges to have provided, care, treatment, and supervision pursuant to this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 558, §1, emerg. eff. July 12, 1974. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §6, eff. July 17, 1978.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:460.52 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 460.52
Exemptions
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Part shall not apply to any entity contracted with the Louisiana Department of Health to provide fiscal intermediary services in processing claims of the health care providers.

Acts 2013, No. 358, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 46:1831.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 46 / Section 1831.8
Reparation order; terms and conditions
Status: in_force

A. The board may order the payment of an award in a lump sum.

B. The state treasurer shall pay to the person named in the order of payment of reparations the amount stated therein in accordance with the provisions of the order.

C. The board shall not be subject to garnishment, execution, or attachment on any award.

Acts 2023, No. 451, §2.

NOTE: Pursuant to R.S. 46:1831.16, this Chapter will terminate Aug. 1, 2027.