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LA Rev Stat § 46:978.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§978.2. Health care delivery system

RS 978.2 - Health care delivery system A. The department shall develop and implement a medical home system of care for Medicaid recipients and the low-income uninsured citizens of the state. The medical home system of care shall: (1) Coordinate and provide access to evidence-based health care services, emphasizing convenient, comprehensive primary care. (2) Provide access to appropriate specialty care and inpatient services. (3) Provide quality driven and cost-effective health care. (4) Promote strong and effective medical management. (5) Emphasize patient and provider accountability. (6) Prioritize local access to the continuum of health care services. B. The department shall require providers who participate in the medical home system of care to adopt an interoperable electronic medical record. C. In order to ease the cost of implementation of health information technology, the department shall avail itself of any public and private funding available. D. The department may establish a mechanism to evaluate, promote, and improve the quality of health and health care delivered to the Medicaid and low-income uninsured populations through the use of quality performance measures, evidence-based standards of care, and other measurements that facilitate quality improvement. E. Reimbursement for participation in Louisiana Health First shall be at a level to ensure provider participation and success. The department shall develop an enhanced Medicaid reimbursement methodology to compensate providers who participate in the medical home system of care. The department shall also apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for authority to develop a payment methodology to compensate providers who care for the low-income uninsured in the medical home system of care. To the extent permitted by the federal government, such reimbursement methodologies shall incorporate features of successful managed care programs, which promote the medical home system of care that is supported by the appropriate, enforceable, quality standards of evidence-based medical protocols and the necessary health information technologies. F. Reimbursement for health care services for low-income uninsured individuals provided under the medical home system of care shall be allocated to the greatest extent possible based on the disbursement of the low-income uninsured population statewide. Acts 2007, No. 243, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:978.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§978.3. Application for approval

RS 978.3 - Application for approval A. In accordance with the authority granted in R.S. 36:254(A)(6)(a), the department is hereby authorized to apply to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, for any approval necessary to implement the provisions of this Chapter. B. In the event approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is not attained to implement this Chapter, the department shall implement elements of this Chapter that are feasible and within the state's current authority. C. Prior to submission of any waiver application or state plan amendment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to effect the provisions of this Chapter, the department shall submit the waiver plan or the proposed state plan amendment to the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare and the House Committee on Health and Welfare, meeting jointly, for review and approval. If approved by the committees on health and welfare, the waiver plan or the proposed state plan amendment and cost estimates for a minimum of five years shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget for review and approval. If the waiver plan or the proposed state plan amendment is approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, the department shall submit the waiver application or the state plan amendment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for approval. Acts 2007, No. 243, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:978.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§978.4. Funding

RS 978.4 - Funding The provisions of this Chapter shall be budget neutral or subject to an annual appropriation of the legislature. Acts 2007, No. 243, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:979 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§979. Department responsibility

RS 979 - Department responsibility A. The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act that provide for maximizing Medicaid funding and rates for those hospitals that provide either of the following: (1) Inpatient services to fragile newborns or critically ill children in either a Level III Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or a Level I Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, which units have been in operation on or before January 1, 2003. (2) A Medicaid utilization rate of twenty-five percent of total inpatient days or greater. B. The department shall minimize the impact of budget adjustments made pursuant to R.S. 39:75 or as authorized in the General Appropriation Act upon hospitals qualifying for Medicaid rate maximization under this Section. Acts 2003, No. 813, §1; Acts 2005, No. 154, §2, eff. June 28, 2005; Acts 2007, No. 243, §1; Acts 2008, No. 566, §1, eff. June 30, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 46:979.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§979.1. Title

RS 979.1 - Title This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana First America Next Freedom and Empowerment Act". Acts 2014, No. 783, §1, eff. June 19, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 46:979.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§979.2. Definitions

RS 979.2 - Definitions  As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following definitions, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  (1) "Cost-sharing" means the portion of the cost of a covered medical service that must be paid by or on behalf of eligible individuals, consisting of copayments or coinsurance, but not deductibles.  (2) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.  (3) "Medicaid" means the medical assistance program provided for in Title XIX of the Social Security Act.  (4) "Plan" means the Louisiana First America Next Freedom and Empowerment Plan established by this Chapter.  (5) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.  Acts 2014, No. 783, §1, eff. June 19, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 46:979.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§979.3. Legislative findings; purpose

RS 979.3 - Legislative findings; purpose A. The Legislature of Louisiana does hereby find and declare that, due to compelling moral and economic reasons, Louisiana must enact positive reforms to move the state's health care system in the right direction.  B. The Legislature of Louisiana does hereby find and declare that Louisiana should expand access to affordable high quality health care. Our state must create a solid safety net for the poorest of the poor and the sickest of the sick. Louisiana must seek to offer to its citizens a health care system that allows the patient to be in control, working with his own doctor and other health care providers. Louisiana must work on reducing health care costs, since many of Louisiana's citizens struggle to afford health care. Louisiana must work to preserve and strengthen the safety net for the most vulnerable in our state, including those with pre-existing conditions. Louisiana must focus on enhancing patient choice, removing obstacles to portability, and promoting consumer selection. C. The Legislature of Louisiana does hereby find and declare that true health reform puts doctors and patients, not government bureaucrats, at the heart of all health policy decisions. D. The purposes of this state in implementing the Louisiana First America Next Freedom and Empowerment Plan are as follows: (1) To lower health care costs by providing incentives for Louisiana consumers to serve as smart health care shoppers, to save money by engaging in healthy behaviors, and to take control of their health care choices. (2) To protect the most vulnerable Louisiana citizens by targeting government resources to those most at risk in our state and by enacting reforms that would guarantee health care access to individuals with pre-existing conditions, senior citizens, individuals with disabilities, and the unborn. (3) To provide portability and choice to Louisiana consumers by offering personalized choices so that consumers can buy the health care coverage plan they want, not the plan a government bureaucrat tells them to purchase. Acts 2014, No. 783, §1, eff. June 19, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 46:979.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§979.5. Plan outcomes; reporting requirements

RS 979.5 - Plan outcomes; reporting requirements A. On or before July 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the secretary of the department shall provide to the House and Senate committees on health and welfare and to the governor a written report covering the most recent one-year period which includes at a minimum all of the items required hereafter in this Section. B. The secretary shall make the report provided for in this Section publicly available on its Internet website. C. The report shall include but shall not be limited to the following items: (1) Evaluation of major barriers to access to health care by participants in the Louisiana First America Next Freedom and Empowerment Plan, and recommendations for policy changes to eliminate such barriers. (2) Summary of successful initiatives in this state for disease prevention and early diagnosis and management of chronic conditions among participants in the plan. (3) Such other information as the secretary deems appropriate to convey a clear and sufficiently complete assessment of the impact of the plan. Acts 2014, No. 783, §1, eff. June 19, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 46:979.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§979.6. Termination

RS 979.6 - Termination Annually during each regular session of the legislature, the legislature shall have the authority to decide whether to continue the program. Acts 2014, No. 783, §1, eff. June 19, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 46:981 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§981. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 811, §34, eff. June 23, 2014.

RS 981 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 811, §34, eff. June 23, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 46:982 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§982. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 811, §34, eff. June 23, 2014.

RS 982 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 811, §34, eff. June 23, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1001 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1001. Legislative findings

RS 1001 - Legislative findings The legislature finds that children who are emancipated from or aged out of long-term foster care in this state must be better equipped with the necessary skills to find employment and to become self-supporting and productive. Acts 2005, No. 82, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1002 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1002. Vocational testing and counseling; purpose; duties of the office of children and family services

RS 1002 - Vocational testing and counseling; purpose; duties of the office of children and family services  A. The Department of Children and Family Services, office of children and family services, shall provide, in each of its regional offices, vocational testing and counseling on the subjects of higher education and employment for those individuals in long-term foster care at the youngest age deemed appropriate to process the information.  B. Through vocational testing, the office of children and family services shall seek to identify areas of potential interest and potential employment that are specific to an individual in foster care and, to this end, the office shall:  (1) Conduct a minimum of three, one-hour long counseling sessions annually with each individual, covering the subjects of potential employment both during and after high school, as well as possibilities for education beyond high school.  (2) Encourage and assist individuals in long-term foster care to find part-time work while they are still in high school as a means of discovering their interests and capabilities, as well as fostering a sense of independence.  C. The office of children and family services shall adopt all necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Chapter.  Acts 2005, No. 82, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1051 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1051. Authority to create and alter the boundaries of districts

RS 1051 - Authority to create and alter the boundaries of districts A. The police juries of parishes are authorized and empowered, upon their own initiative, to form and create one or more hospital service districts within the respective parishes, or with agreement among police juries concerned, to combine two or more parishes into a single hospital service district with such names as the police juries may designate, and, in so doing, police juries may create hospital service districts whose boundaries overlap those of other hospital service districts. B. The police juries are further authorized and empowered, upon their own initiative, to alter the boundaries of any hospital service district, provided that no such boundary change shall cause an impairment of the obligations of any contract of the hospital service district. C. Such creation of overlapping hospital service districts or the alteration of the boundaries of any hospital service district prior to July 31, 1968, are hereby expressly validated, ratified and confirmed. D. The governing authority of Pointe Coupee Parish may rename the Pointe Coupee Parish Hospital Service District Number One as the Pointe Coupee Parish Health Services District Number One; in such case, such district and its commission shall continue to have all powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided in this Chapter for hospital service districts, and their commissions and the parish governing authority shall continue to have all powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities as provided in this Chapter with respect to such district. E. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section, the governing authority of Ouachita Parish shall not abolish or alter the boundaries of Hospital Service District No. 1 of the Parish of Ouachita unless the abolition or alteration is approved by two-thirds of the full membership of the board of commissioners of the district and approved by a majority of the voters of the district, as the district existed on January 1, 1997, voting at an election held for the purpose of authorizing such abolition or alteration in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. The parish governing authority or the board of commissioners may call an election for such purpose after the board of commissioners has voted for such approval as provided in this Subsection. Acts 1950, No. 420, §1. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 35, §1; Acts 1986, No. 326, §1; Acts 1997, No. 436, §2, eff. June 22, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1052 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1052. Objects of the districts

RS 1052 - Objects of the districts   The objects and purposes of the hospital service districts and the governing bodies created pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall be:  (1) To own and operate hospitals for the care of persons suffering from illnesses or disabilities which require that patients receive hospital care.  (2) To administer other activities related to rendering care to the sick and injured or in the promotion of health which may be justified by the facilities, personnel, funds and other requirements available.  (3) To promote and conduct scientific research and training related to the care of the sick and injured insofar as such research and training can be conducted in connection with the hospital.  (4) To participate so far as circumstances may warrant in any activity designed and conducted to promote the general health of the community.  (5) To cooperate with other public and private institutions and agencies engaged in providing hospital and other health services to residents of the district.  Acts 1950, No. 420, §2; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1054 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1054. Officers; meetings

RS 1054 - Officers; meetings  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 § 46:1056 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1056. Hospital director and executives

RS 1056 - Hospital director and executives  A. The commission shall enter into a formal written employment agreement with a hospital director, hereafter referred to as "director", who has had experience in the field of hospital administration and is familiar with the principles and methods of hospital and institutional care, and the hospital may enter into a formal written employment agreement with any hospital executive. For purposes of this Section, "hospital executive" includes but is not limited to any senior member of management such as vice president, assistant administrator, or department director. The director and any hospital executive shall be full-time employees of the district or of the hospital management firm. The director shall receive a salary fixed by the commission.  B. If the director and commission enter into a formal written employment agreement, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, such agreement shall bind both parties to its terms. If a hospital executive and hospital, upon the authority of the director, enter into a formal written employment agreement, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, such agreement shall bind both parties to its terms. Such written agreements shall provide for a fixed term of employment, specify the director's or hospital executive's duties, and be renewable for an additional term or terms at the pleasure of the commission or hospital director, respectively. In the absence of a formal written employment agreement, the director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission and the hospital executive shall serve at the pleasure of the director.  C. If a director is found incompetent, inefficient, or unworthy during the term of a written employment agreement, he shall be removable for such cause by a majority vote of the commission at any regular meeting for which the removal appears on the agenda or any special meeting after due notice. The written employment agreement shall also specify that the commission shall give the director official warning and a reasonable opportunity to correct the indicated deficiencies prior to the commission's termination of the agreement.  Acts 1950, No. 420, §6. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 726, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1112, §1; Acts 2017, No. 161, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1057 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1057. Duties of director

RS 1057 - Duties of director   In addition to the duties imposed upon him by other provisions of this Chapter, it shall be the duty of the director:   (1) To attend all meetings of the commission and to act as secretary and keep the official minutes of the proceedings.  (2) With the consent of the commissioners, and subject to such budgetary limitations and any civil service laws in effect, the director shall have power to establish positions and to make appointments thereto; to establish rates of pay; to abolish positions; to transfer duties among positions; to assign duties to, direct and control the work of, and transfer, promote, demote, remove and otherwise change the status of employees of the district.  (3) To make and publish such reports regarding the work of the district as may be required by law, or which he may be directed to make by the commission.  (4) To see that the policies relating to the conduct of the affairs of the district which have been established by the commission are carried out.  (5) To cooperate with the medical staff in the performance of the policies which it may establish.  (6) To prepare an annual budget for approval by the commission and the police jury.  (7) To recommend to the commission the scale of rates to be charged for services rendered by the district.  (8) To provide for adequate medical records and reports.  (9) To control and direct all business affairs of the district. By way of extension and not of limitation, these duties shall include the keeping of the accounts of the district, making necessary purchase of equipment, supplies and materials, making major and minor repairs to physical facilities.  (10) To receive and receipt for and keep a correct accounting of all gifts, bequests, grants-in-aid, and other revenues received by the district and with the consent of the commission, to expend the proceeds of all such gifts, bequests, grants-in-aid and other revenues for the purpose designated in this Chapter and subject to any conditions that may be imposed in any act of donation or any law providing grants-in-aid or other revenues for such purpose.  (11) To perform any other duties and functions which he or the commission consider necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.  Acts 1950, No. 420, §7; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1058 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1058. Medical staff

RS 1058 - Medical staff  The commission shall appoint a medical staff. Such appointments shall be made upon the recommendations of the physicians who are authorized to practice within the hospital.  It shall be the duty of the medical staff:  (1) To provide professional care of the sick and injured in the hospitals;  (2) To give advice and assistance to the commission and director relating to standards of operation and professional problems;  (3) To participate in the educational activities of the district;  (4) To promulgate rules and regulations for the conduct of the medical staff for approval of the commission;  (5) To elect annually one of its members as chief of staff and to elect from its members the heads of any specialized services of the hospital; and  (6) To approve the appointment of the hospital director made by the commission.  Acts 1950, No. 420, §8. Amended by Acts 1952, No. 127, §18.
LA Rev Stat § 46:1059 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§1059. Petition for organization of district

RS 1059 - Petition for organization of district  Upon failure or refusal of the police jury of any parish to organize a hospital service district, they are hereby required to and shall form such district when petitioned to so do upon petition presented to the police jury, signed by not less than twenty-five persons owning or assessed for lands in said districts. In presenting such petition to the police jury, such petition shall set forth substantially the boundaries of the district which is proposed to be organized.  Acts 1950, No. 420, §9.