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LA Rev Stat § 40:1173.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1173.4. Health Data Panel; advisory council to the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health

RS 1173.4 - Health Data Panel; advisory council to the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health  A. The department shall create the Health Data Panel. The purpose of the Health Data Panel shall be to make recommendations to the secretary for the implementation of the requirements of this Subpart.  B. Members of the Health Data Panel shall be appointed by the secretary and shall represent all interests involved in the collection and publication of provider- and health-plan specific cost, quality, and performance data elements. Members shall include but not be limited to purchasers of health care, hospitals and other service providers, consumer and patient advocacy groups, quality improvement and health information technology groups, physicians, and any other individuals or groups as deemed necessary by the secretary.  C. The Health Data Panel shall consider the provisions set forth in R.S. 40:1173.3.  D. The secretary or his designee shall serve as the chairman of the meetings of the Health Data Panel. The secretary shall convene meetings of the Health Data Panel on an annual basis and as needed to fulfill the provisions of this Subpart. The secretary may use the recommendations of the Health Data Panel to fulfill the responsibilities of the department as set forth in this Subpart.  E. Members of the Health Data Panel shall serve without compensation.  Acts 2008, No. 537, §1, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2014, No. 790, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.114 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1173.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1173.5. Release of information

RS 1173.5 - Release of information  A. To ensure the privacy and protection of Louisianans' health information, the department shall not release confidential or protected health information collected from hospitals and other healthcare providers pursuant to this Subpart. The department shall adhere to and comply fully with appropriate privacy protection protocols that are at least as stringent as the HIPAA Privacy Rule.  B. Notwithstanding Subsection A of this Section, the department may release data collected pursuant to this Subpart for the purpose of conducting healthcare research which is a systematic investigation, including research development, testing, and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. All requests for data collected pursuant to this Subpart shall be submitted to the department and reviewed by the department's Institutional Review Board. The department shall deny any requests for data that it determines will be utilized for business or commercial purposes, including but not limited to market analysis and software development. The department shall have one representative of the provider group whose data is subject to the data release on the Institutional Review Board.  C. Each data request shall state the proposed use of the data requested and include an affirmation by the recipient that no attempt will be made to combine patient-level data provided for in the request with other data to identify patients and that no confidential information shall be released.  D. The department shall inform the Health Data Panel prior to the release of requested data collected pursuant to this Subpart.  Acts 2014, No. 790, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.115 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1173.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1173.6. Violations; penalties

RS 1173.6 - Violations; penalties  A. All state agencies and health professional licensing, certification, or registration boards and commissions, which collect, maintain, or distribute health data, shall provide to the department such data as are necessary for the department to carry out its responsibilities as defined in this Subpart.  B. All healthcare providers licensed by the state, including but not limited to hospitals, outpatient surgical facilities, and outpatient clinical facilities shall submit information in the manner and form prescribed in rules and regulations promulgated by the department pursuant to this Subpart.  C. Any person, firm, corporation, organization, or institution that violates any of the provisions of this Subpart or any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder regarding patient confidentiality of information shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding one month, or both. Each day of the violation shall constitute a separate offense.  D. Any person, firm, corporation, organization, or institution knowingly violating any of the provisions of this Subpart or any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere or conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.  E. Renewal of state licenses issued by the Louisiana Department of Health, Department of Insurance, or health professional licensing, certification, or registration boards and commissions shall be predicated in part on compliance with data reporting requirements of this Subpart and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Prior to relicensing, the secretary shall confirm compliance with data reporting requirements in writing to the appropriate permitting or licensing authority. The permit, certification, or license of any healthcare provider, health plan, or facility covered by this Subpart shall be suspended until such time as the required data is submitted to the department.  Acts 2014, No. 790, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.116 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1175.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1175.1. Chiropractic care; freedom of choice

RS 1175.1 - Chiropractic care; freedom of choice  No agency of the state, parish or municipality, under the laws of the state of Louisiana, shall deny to the recipients or beneficiaries of their aid or services the freedom to choose a duly licensed chiropractor as the provider of care or services which are within the scope of practice of the profession of chiropractic as defined in R.S. 37:2801(3).  Added by Acts 1977, No. 501, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.65 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1181 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1181. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1115.1 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.

RS 1181 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1115.1 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1181.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1181.1. Nonstate governmental hospitals; cooperative endeavor agreements

RS 1181.1 - Nonstate governmental hospitals; cooperative endeavor agreements  A nonstate governmental hospital may enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement with other hospitals, persons, or entities which includes the transfer of funds for the provision of health care services and such transfer shall be considered to be for a public purpose within the meaning of Paragraph C of Section 14 of Article VII of the Constitution of Louisiana.  Acts 2011, No. 310, §1, eff. June 28, 2011; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.341 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1183.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1183.1. Short title

RS 1183.1 - Short title  This Part may be cited as the "Federally Qualified Health Center Preservation Act".  Acts 1997, No. 1473, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.131 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1183.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1183.2. Legislative findings; purpose

RS 1183.2 - Legislative findings; purpose  A. The legislature finds that:  (1) Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) provide most of the healthcare services required by a substantial number of low-income residents living in the state and therefore constitute an invaluable part of the healthcare delivery system of the state.  (2) Residents living in rural and medically underserved communities, which consist of sixty-two of the sixty-four Louisiana parishes, have a poorer health status than residents living in other communities in the state and lack access to adequate health care.  (3) FQHCs are in poor financial condition as a result of payment reductions in the Medicare and Medicaid programs and as a result of the advent and penetration of managed care in the state.  (4) FQHCs have a difficult time attracting and retaining physicians in their service areas, thereby resulting in a continued shortage of primary health care in the state's medically underserved communities.  (5) Absent intervention, continued reductions in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as changes in healthcare reimbursement methodologies and the continued spread of managed care, may result in the closure of the state's FQHCs, thereby jeopardizing the very existence of a vital link in the healthcare delivery system for residents residing in medically underserved areas of the state.  (6) FQHCs constitute, in most cases, an important employer of residents from the economically and health distressed areas they serve and thus create a vital economic component of their local communities.  B. The legislature hereby declares an emergency finding that, absent the enactment of the following provisions, the very existence of Louisiana's FQHCs are imperiled. The legislature hereby declares that the purpose of this Part is to assure the continued viability of FQHCs. To that end, the provisions of this Part shall be construed liberally and in favor of the purposes of this Part.  Acts 1997, No. 1473, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.132 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1183.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1183.3. Definitions

RS 1183.3 - Definitions  As used in this Part:  (1) "Cost related to patient care" means all reasonable costs of outpatient and health services related care of Medicaid beneficiaries determined in accordance with Medicare regulations governing cost-based reimbursement promulgated by the Health Care Financing Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services, establishing the method or methods to be utilized and the items to be included in determining such costs related to patient care.  (2) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health or its successor in the role of designated state agency under Title XIX of the Social Security Act or any successor Act including but not limited to block grants for medical care of the poor.  (3) "FQHC" means a facility which is engaged in furnishing primary health services to outpatients by physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners, including but not limited to health services related to family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, and gynecology and such services and supplies incident thereto. Such facility shall serve a medically underserved population, meaning the population of an urban or rural area designated by the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services as an area with a shortage of personal health services or a population group designated by the secretary as having a shortage of such services, such as migratory and seasonal agricultural workers, the homeless, residents of public housing, or students and other family members of students of a particular school or schools. Such a facility shall have been designated as a federally qualified health center by the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and shall be receiving grants or loans as may be granted by the secretary under 42 U.S.C. 254b.  (4) "Net uncompensated costs" means the costs related to patient care incurred during a provider's fiscal year of furnishing outpatient services, net of the cost of treating Medicare patients, Medicaid payments for inpatient and outpatient services, excluding disproportionate share payments, costs associated with patients who have insurance for services provided, and payments received from uninsured patients.  (5) "State plan for medical assistance" means the plan promulgated by the department in accordance with its role as a designated state agency under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, or its successor plan including but not limited to block grants for medical care to the poor.  Acts 1997, No. 1473, §1; Acts 2004, No. 36, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.133 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1183.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1183.4. Medical assistance programs; FQHC reimbursement

RS 1183.4 - Medical assistance programs; FQHC reimbursement  A. The department shall adopt regulations that provide the following:  (1) A Medicaid cost-based reimbursement methodology that reimburses FQHCs for all costs related to patients, utilizing the most recent cost report information available to the department. The department shall seek to ensure that the reimbursement will be available to FQHCs under the Medicaid program, either through payments received by FQHCs from managed care organizations contracting with the department or its designee, or through supplemental payments as necessary from the department based on availability of funds to the extent permitted by federal law.  (2) With respect to disproportionate share payment methodologies, a reimbursement methodology that reimburses for all net uncompensated costs for services delivered on an outpatient basis through contracts with disproportionate share hospitals in an integrated delivery system arrangement to the extent permitted by federal law and based on availability of funds.  B. The regulations promulgated pursuant to Subsection A of this Section shall be promulgated no later than one hundred twenty days after August 15, 1997. No later than one hundred twenty days after August 15, 1997, the department shall also submit to the secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services those amendments to the state plan for medical assistance necessary to conform the state plan for medical assistance with the provisions of Subsection A of this Section.  C. As of January 1, 2001, the department shall reimburse FQHCs for the delivery of Medicaid services as provided in Sections 1902(a)(15) and 1902(aa) of the Social Security Act, as added by Title VII Section 702 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, hereinafter referred to as "BIPA" and included as Appendix F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2000, P.L. 106-554, and any pursuant federal regulations.  D.(1) To the extent the department is unable to implement BIPA as of January 1, 2001, it shall reimburse FQHCs pursuant to BIPA requirements retroactive to January 1, 2001, but in no event shall such implementation begin any later than and in no event shall such retroactive payment be made any later than July 1, 2002.  (2) In the event that the department chooses to apply an alternative payment methodology to FQHCs as allowed under Section 1902(aa)(6), as amended by BIPA, such methodology must be agreed to by the FQHC and cannot result in any less payment than the FQHC would receive pursuant to the payment methodology set out in Section 1902(aa)(1) through (5) of BIPA.  Acts 1997, No. 1473, §1; Acts 2001, No. 952, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.134 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1185.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1185.1. Federally Qualified Health Center and Rural Health Clinic Expansion Act

RS 1185.1 - Federally Qualified Health Center and Rural Health Clinic Expansion Act  This Part shall be known as the "Federally Qualified Health Center and Rural Health Clinic Expansion Act".  Acts 2004, No. 36, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.231 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1185.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1185.2. Findings

RS 1185.2 - Findings  The legislature finds that the state of Louisiana has fewer federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics than neighboring states and that as a result of lack of federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics there are gaps in the provision of community-based preventive and primary health care services for the uninsured in Louisiana. Therefore, the legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the state to encourage appropriate expansion of existing federally qualified health centers and development of new federally qualified health centers. It is also in the best interest of the state to encourage the development of new rural health clinics that provide primary care to the uninsured.  Acts 2004, No. 36, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.232 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1185.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1185.3. Definitions

RS 1185.3 - Definitions  As used in this Part, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise:  (1) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.  (2) "Federally qualified health center" means a facility which is engaged in furnishing primary health services to outpatients by physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners, including but not limited to health services related to family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, and gynecology and such services and supplies incident thereto. Such facility shall serve a medically underserved population, meaning the population of an urban or rural area designated by the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services as an area with a shortage of personal health services or a population group designated by the secretary as having a shortage of such services, such as migratory and seasonal agricultural workers, the homeless, residents of public housing, or students and other family members of students of a particular school or schools. Such a facility shall have been designated as a federally qualified health center by the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and shall be receiving grants or loans as may be granted by the secretary under 42 U.S.C. 254b.  (3) "Rural health clinic" means a facility which is engaged in furnishing primary health services to outpatients by physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners, including but not limited to health services related to family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, and gynecology and such services and supplies incident thereto. Such facility shall be located in an area that is not an urbanized area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census, in which there are insufficient numbers of needed health care practitioners, as determined by the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and which has been determined to be a rural health clinic by the secretary of said department under 42 U.S.C. 1395aa(a).  Acts 2004, No. 36, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.233 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1185.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1185.4. Authorization

RS 1185.4 - Authorization  It is the policy of the state of Louisiana to encourage expansion and development of federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics. The department is hereby authorized to develop and implement a long-term plan to accomplish this policy. The department shall coordinate and cooperate with the Louisiana Primary Care Association, Louisiana Rural Health Association, Louisiana Public Health Institute, and the Louisiana Rural Hospital Coalition to develop a long-term plan to lead to the expansion of existing federally qualified health centers, creation of new federally qualified health centers, and creation of new rural health clinics that provide primary health care services to the uninsured and underinsured.  Acts 2004, No. 36, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.234 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1185.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1185.5. Required reporting, budget consideration

RS 1185.5 - Required reporting, budget consideration  The department shall provide copies of the plan and present a report to the Senate and House health and welfare committees by September 30, 2004, on the initial long-term plan. In development of budget requests, the department shall take into consideration the provisions of the plan and the policy enunciated in this Part.  Acts 2004, No. 36, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.235 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1185.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1185.6. Rules and regulations

RS 1185.6 - Rules and regulations  The department is hereby authorized to promulgate, in accordance with provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, rules and regulations necessary to implement the long-term plan for expansion and creation of federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics.  Acts 2004, No. 36, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.236 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1187.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1187.1. Notification of law enforcement agency prior to discharge of a person issued a summons or arrest warrant and admitted to a hospital

RS 1187.1 - Notification of law enforcement agency prior to discharge of a person issued a summons or arrest warrant and admitted to a hospital  A. A hospital shall notify the appropriate arresting or investigating law enforcement agency that a doctor has ordered the discharge of a patient from the hospital as soon as reasonably possible after the order has been written, if all of the following conditions exist:  (1) The law enforcement agency has certified in writing that the patient has been issued a summons or arrest warrant for an offense, but as a result of the need for emergency medical care, the warrant has not been executed prior to admission to the hospital.  (2) The law enforcement agency has provided the hospital with a written request to be informed upon the discharge of the patient from the hospital.  (3) The law enforcement agency has provided contact information for use by the hospital in making the notification.  B. No hospital shall be held civilly liable to any person for failure to comply or to timely comply with the requirements of this Section unless that failure is intentional or due to gross negligence.  C. As used in this Section, "hospital" means any institution, place, building, or agency, public or private, whether for profit or not, with facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, or care of persons who are suffering from illness, injury, infirmity, or deformity or other physical condition for which obstetrical, medical, or surgical services would be available and appropriate and which operates or is affiliated with facilities for the overnight care, observation, or recovery of those persons.  Acts 2006, No. 327, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.271 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1189.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1189.1. Short title

RS 1189.1 - Short title  This Part may be cited as the "Rural Hospital Preservation Act".  Acts 1997, No. 1485, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.141 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.