Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL › Part I - General Administration › Subpart 5 - Health Planning › Chapter 129 - Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) Need and Application Reviews › Subchapter C - Procedure for Selection of Opioid Treatment Program › Section I-12907 - Opioid Treatment Program Application Review

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. If the department determines that there is
					 a need for services in a DHH region, the department will issue a request for
					 applications (RFA) announcement statewide through the Louisiana Press
					 Association. The RFA will specify the dates during which the department will
					 accept applications.
B. No
					 applications will be accepted under these provisions unless the department
					 declares a need and issues an RFA.
C. Any applicant to open an OTP must adhere
					 to all policies, rules and regulations set forth by the State of Louisiana and
					 the Department of Health and Hospitals. Services shall be provided in
					 accordance with standards set forth by SAMHSA, DHH Health Standards, the US
					 Department of Justice/Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Louisiana
					 Board of Pharmacy and all applicable, SAMHSA-approved accrediting
					 bodies.
D. Any applicant to open an
					 OTP shall be free of any conviction for, or guilty plea, or plea of nolle
					 contendere to a felony. If the applicant is an agency, the owners of that
					 agency must be free of such felony convictions.
E. The OTP request for applications will
					 indicate which department administrative region is in need of openings, or
					 slots, for clients; the number of slots needed, the date by which the slots
					 need to be available to the target population and the factors which the
					 department considered relevant in determining the need for the treatment slots.
					 The OTP request for applications will specify the type of information on which
					 the determination of need was based.
F. OTP applications shall be submitted to the
					 DHH Office for Addictive Disorders, State Opioid Treatment Authority.
1. Application forms shall be requested in
					 writing or by telephone from the Office for Addictive Disorders, State Opioid
					 Treatment Authority, who will provide application forms, criteria utilized to
					 determine need and other materials relevant to the application
					 process.
2. The applicant
					 representative specified on the application will be the only person to whom the
					 DHH Office for Addictive Disorders will send written notification in matters
					 relative to the status of the application during the review process. If the
					 applicant representative or his address changes at any time during the review
					 process, the applicant shall notify the DHH Office for Addictive Disorders,
					 State Opioid Treatment Authority, in writing.
3. A prospective OTP applicant shall submit
					 the following documents as part of the application:
a. a letter of intent to inform the
					 department that the applicant requests an OTP application review and to include
					 the following:
i. the name, address and
					 telephone number of the applicant;
ii. the name of the applicant representative,
					 an individual authorized to respond to department questions regarding the
					 application and who also signs the letter of intent;
iii. the proposed location of the OTP;
					 and
iv. a brief description of the
					 proposed service, and the proposed date of implementation;
b. an original and three copies of the
					 application. An application shall be submitted on forms provided for that
					 purpose, contain such information as the department may require, and be
					 accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of $600.
4. Applications will be accepted for a period
					 to be specified in the request for application.
5. Once submitted, an application cannot be
					 changed and additional information will not be accepted.
6. Submitted applications failing to meet
					 these guidelines or without the required fee will not be processed and will be
					 returned to the applicant.