Louisiana Administrative Code

A. Twice a year the State Records Center will generate disposal requests for agency records that have met their retention periods. Such disposal requests will be forwarded to the agency records officer for agency disposal approval. The agency will have 45 days to respond to the r…

A. Once the agency receives the disposal request, the agency’s records officer must ascertain if any of the records listed on the request require further retention. The records officer should consult with the agency's legal counsel to determine if there are any legal holds (i.e. …

A. Prior to the destruction of any records in the records center, the state archivist will review each disposal request for possible archival records. In the event that the state archivist determines the records have archival value, the state archivist will notify the depositing …

A. A state bank or a bank holding company may establish or acquire a subsidiary mortgage corporation upon the prior written approval of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions and subject to the provisions of this rule. The ownership of a subsidiary mortgage corporation shall …

A. A subsidiary mortgage corporation may originate first mortgage loans, make first mortgage loans, service first mortgage loans, act as an agent in the warehousing and servicing of first mortgage loans, and, in general, engage in activities permitted mortgage company subsidiarie…

A. Each subsidiary mortgage corporation shall be subject to examination by the commissioner. If upon examination, the commissioner shall ascertain that the subsidiary is created or operated in violation of law or regulation, or that the manner of operation is detrimental to the b…

A. The books and records of the mortgage corporation subsidiary shall be kept separate and distinct from those of the parent or other subsidiaries and funds of the parent or other subsidiaries shall not be commingled with those of the subsidiary mortgage corporation.

A. Under no circumstance shall the parent of the subsidiary mortgage corporation own any assessable stock of the subsidiary mortgage corporation.

A. Transactions between a parent state bank or subsidiary state bank of a parent bank holding company and the subsidiary mortgage corporation shall, with respect to the state bank, be governed by all laws and regulations applicable to transactions between the state bank and any o…

A. An approved office of the subsidiary mortgage corporation shall not be considered a branch of a parent bank if no banking functions other than those listed in §503 are performed by the subsidiary mortgage corporation at that location.

A. No automated teller machine or similar electronic financial terminal whether owned by a parent bank or any other entity shall be located on the premises of any office of the subsidiary mortgage corporation. This prohibition shall not apply if the subsidiary mortgage corporatio…

A. The name of the subsidiary mortgage corporation shall not contain the word "bank" nor shall the subsidiary's operations, logo, advertising or marketing suggest that the subsidiary is an agent of the parent bank or bank holding company or that the parent is responsible for the …

A. The Louisiana Housing Finance Agency (the "Agency"), as administrator of the HOME Investment Partnership Program for non-entitlement areas throughout the state, has established a Substandard Housing Assistance for Rural Economies Grant Program. The agency is making available $…

A. The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) establishes these minimum standards for participation which provides the core requirements for support coordination services provided under home and community-based services waiver programs administered by the Office of Aging and Adult …

A. All agencies that provide support coordination to OAAS administered home and community-based services (HCBS) waivers must be certified by LDH. It shall be unlawful to operate as a support coordination agency for OAAS administered HCBS waiver programs without being certified by…

A. A certification shall: 1. be issued only to the entity named in the certification application; 2. be valid only for the support coordination agency to which it is issued after all applicable requirements are met; 3. enable the support coordination agency to provide support coo…

A. A certification may be revoked or refused if applicable certification requirements, as determined by OAAS or its designee, have not been met. Certification decisions are subject to appeal and fair hearing, in accordance with R.S. 46:107(A)(3).

A. Compliance with certification requirements is determined by OAAS through its agency review and support coordination monitoring processes. This review is usually annual but may be conducted at any time and may be conducted without advance notice. Monitors must be given access t…

A. A support coordination agency shall have an identifiable governing body with responsibility for and authority over the policies and activities of the agency. 1. An agency shall have documents identifying all members of the governing body, their addresses, their terms of member…

A. Each support coordination agency shall have a business location which shall not be in an occupied personal residence. The business location shall be in the LDH region for which the certification is issued and shall be where the agency: 1. maintains staff to perform administrat…

A. The agency must establish a system of financial management and staffing to assure maintenance of complete and accurate accounts, books and records in keeping with generally accepted accounting principles. B. The agency must not permit public funds to be paid or committed to be…

A. The support coordination agency shall have written policies and procedures approved by the owner or governing body which must be implemented and followed that address at a minimum the following: 1. confidentiality and confidentiality agreements; 2. security of files; 3. public…

A. The agency must establish procedures to assure adequate communication among staff to provide continuity of services to the participant and to facilitate feedback from staff, participants, families, and when appropriate, the community. B. The agency must have brochures and make…

A. Any entity wishing to provide support coordination services for any OAAS administered HCBS waiver program shall meet all of the standards for participation contained in this Rule, unless otherwise specifically noted within these provisions. B. The support coordination agency s…

A. Support coordination is a mandatory service in the OAAS waiver programs that assists participants in gaining access to needed waiver and other state plan services, as well as needed medical, social, educational, housing and other services, regardless of the funding source for …

A. All participants of OAAS administered waiver programs must receive support coordination services. However, a participant has the right to choose a support coordination agency. This right includes the right to be discharged from his/her current support coordination agency and/o…

A. Agencies must maintain sufficient staff to comply with OAAS staffing, timelines, workload, and performance requirements. This includes, but is not limited to, including sufficient support coordinators and support coordination supervisors that have passed all of the OAAS traini…

A. Support coordinators must meet one of the following requirements: 1. a bachelor’s or master’s degree in social work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education; or 2. a diploma, associate’s, bachelor’s or master’s degree in nursing (RN) currently licensed…

A. A support coordination agency shall have written personnel policies, which must be implemented and followed, that include: 1. a plan for recruitment, screening, orientation, ongoing training, development, supervision and performance evaluation of staff members; 2. a policy to …

A. Support coordinators must receive necessary orientation and periodic training on the provision of support coordination services arranged or provided through their agency at the agency’s expense. B. Orientation shall be provided by the agency to all staff, volunteers and studen…

A. Unless adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction, participants served by a support coordination agency shall have the same rights, benefits, and privileges guaranteed by the constitution and the laws of the United States and Louisiana. B. There shall be written policies…

A. The support coordination agency shall establish and follow a written grievance procedure to be used to process complaints by participants, their family member(s), or a legal representative that is designed to allow participants to make complaints without fear of retaliation. T…

A. Support coordination agencies shall report critical incidents according to established OAAS policy including timely entries into the designated LDH critical incident database.

A. Participant records shall be maintained in the support coordinator’s office. The support coordinator shall have a current record for each participant. B. Support coordination agencies shall maintain participant records in readily accessible form for a period of six years.

A. Support coordination agencies shall ensure that each participant has an individual plan for dealing with emergencies and disasters and shall assist participants in identifying the specific resources available through family, friends, the neighborhood, and the community. The su…

A. Support coordination agencies shall have a continuous quality improvement (CQI) plan which governs the agency’s internal quality management activities. B. The CQI plan shall demonstrate a process of continuous cyclical improvement and include the following: 1. design—continuou…

A. Support coordination agencies shall be monitored as outlined in the OAAS policies and procedures and the support coordination performance agreement. B. Support coordination agencies shall offer full cooperation with the OAAS during the monitoring process. Responsibilities of t…

A. Establishment of Support Coordination Workforce Bonus Payments 1. Support coordination agencies (SCAs) who provided services from April 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022 shall receive bonus payments of $300 per month for each SCA staff member that worked directly with participants f…

A. Support coordination agencies (SCAs) must submit annual cost reports with a fiscal year from July 1st through June 30th to the department to verify expenditures and to support rate setting for the services rendered to waiver participants. B. Each SCA must complete the LDH appr…

A. These regulations implement the provisions of R.S. 47:6032. B. These regulations are effective for taxable periods beginning on or after January 1, 2007.

Announced Production Price—the average of the production price of milk for the three years immediately preceding the calendar year for which tax credits may be given. Certified Milk Producer—a milk producer who has been certified as such to the Department of Revenue by the Depart…

A. For the purpose of implementing the provisions of Acts 2007, No. 461 and these regulations LDAF, through the Commissioner, may enter into cooperative endeavor agreements with other state agencies, federal agencies, or private entities.

A. It shall be the responsibility of any milk producer who wants to apply for a tax credit in the year for which the credit is applied for to: 1. hold a milk producer permit during the year for which the credit is applied for under Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 51, Public …

A. All forms required by these regulations to be filled out and submitted by a milk producer or milk handler may be obtained from LDAF. B. LDAF shall submit all forms relative to the tax credit which are received from milk producers and milk handlers to the proper state or federa…

A. The announced production price shall be determined based on the following factors: 1. the average uniform price of milk in the top five states from which milk is imported to Louisiana; 2. the average transportation cost of importing milk from those five states; 3. the cost of …

A. LDAF shall, no later than April 30 of each year, provide the Department of Revenue with a chart for the previous year for which the credit is applied for showing the names of each participating certified milk producer, the amount of milk produced by each, the anticipated amoun…

A. The tax credit shall be paid by the Department of Revenue to a certified milk producer based on the name and tax identification number listed on the chart that LDAF provides to the Department of Revenue. B. LDAF shall determine the name and tax identification number of the cer…