Louisiana Administrative Code

A. The facility shall provide directly or through contract or arrangement the social services as ordered by the prescribing physician or medical director. Social services shall be provided in accordance with the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners requirements. B. The …

A. The facility shall provide directly or through contract or arrangement the therapies as ordered by the prescribing physician or medical director. Therapies and services shall be provided in accordance with applicable State Boards’ requirements and the child’s plan of care if s…

A. The PDHC facility shall provide or arrange transportation of children to and from the facility; however, no child, regardless of his/her region of origin, may be in transport for more than one hour on any single trip. The PDHC facility is responsible for the safety of the chil…

A. A PDHC facility shall employ a sufficient number of qualified staff and delegate sufficient authority to such staff to ensure that the facility’s responsibilities are carried out and that the following functions are adequately performed: 1. administrative functions; 2. fiscal …

A. Administrator. The facility administrator shall be a full time employee of the PDHC facility and shall designate in writing a person to be responsible for the facility when he/she is absent from the facility for more than 24 hours. This person is known as the administrator’s d…

A. Each PDHC facility shall develop staff and parent orientation and training programs. B. The PDHC facility shall maintain documentation of orientation and training of each new employee. The orientation shall include, but is not limited to the PDHC facility’s: 1. philosophy; 2. …

A. Medical Records. A medical record shall be developed at the time the child is accepted at the PDHC facility and maintained throughout the facility’s care of the child. 1. The record shall be signed by authorized personnel and shall contain at least the following documents: a. …

A. The PDHC facility, at the minimum, shall meet the following infection control requirements. 1. The PDHC facility shall have an isolation room with a glass area for observation of the child. 2. Isolation procedures shall be used to prevent cross-infections. 3. All cribs and bed…

A. All PDHC facilities shall have a quality assurance program and shall conduct quarterly reviews of the facility’s medical records for at least a fourth of the children served by the PDHC facility at the time of the quality assurance review. The quarterly review sample shall be …

A. All PDHC facilities shall conform to state standards prepared by the Office of State Fire Marshal (OFSM), and shall be inspected annually by OFSM. A copy of the current annual fire inspection report shall be on file at the facility. Documentation of a satisfactory fire safety …

A. A disaster or emergency is a man-made or natural event or occurrence which causes harm or damage, or has the potential to cause harm or damage. A disaster or emergency may be local, community-wide, regional or statewide. Disasters or emergencies include, but are not limited to…

A. The standards in this Subchapter I shall apply to newly constructed PDHC facilities and alterations, additions, or renovations to an existing PDHC facility and to an existing building to create a PDHC facility. B. Plan Review 1. A PDHC facility must submit architectural plans …

A. There are no provisions under this demonstration waiver for fair hearings for those individuals who have received medical services or supplies and do not have insurance coverage or any other source of payment. B. There are no provisions under this demonstration waiver for appe…

A. All individuals applying for Kinship Care Subsidy Program (KCSP) shall be considered applicants for assistance and shall file a written and signed application form under a penalty of perjury. The date the application form is received by the department shall be considered the d…

A. The time limit for disposition of the application is 30 days from the date on which the signed application is received in the local office. The applicant shall have benefits available through Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT), or be notified that he has been found ineligible …

A. Certification periods of a set duration will be assigned. In order to continue to receive benefits, the household must timely reapply and be determined eligible. In the month preceding the final month of certification, a notice of expiration will be provided to the household. …

A. A notice of adverse action shall be sent at least 13 days prior to taking action to terminate benefits. In some circumstances advance notice is not required. A concurrent notice shall be sent to the client at the time of action in the following situations: 1. the agency has fa…

A. The secretary shall waive, for as long as necessary, pursuant to a determination of good cause, any public assistance program requirement that will create obstacles for a victim of domestic violence to escape a domestic violence situation, including but not limited to, work, t…

A. Effective May 1, 2006, a dependent child must be under 18 years of age.

A. Each KCSP recipient must be a United States Citizen, a non-citizen national, or a qualified alien. A non-citizen national is a person born in an outlying possession of the United States (American Samoa or Swain's Island) on or after the date the U.S. acquired the possession, o…

A. Each applicant for or recipient of KCSP is required to furnish a Social Security number or to apply for a Social Security number if such a number has not been issued or is not known.

A. A child must reside in the home of a qualified caretaker relative who is responsible for the day-to-day care of the child and who has legal custody or guardianship of the child. The child's parents may not reside in the home. Legal custody or guardianship must be obtained by t…

A. Income is any gain or benefit to a household that has monetary value and is not considered a resource. Count all income in determining pretest eligibility except income from: 1. adoption assistance; 2. earned income of a child who is in school and working toward a high school …

A. Failure to follow the schedule of immunizations as promulgated by the Louisiana Office of Public Health for any child under 18 years of age, without good cause, shall result in the child's ineligibility for the KCSP subsidy until the child has received the required immunizatio…

A. KCSP recipients must reside in Louisiana with intent to remain.

A. Assignment of Support Rights 1. Each applicant for, or recipient of, KCSP is required to assign to the Louisiana Department of Social Services, Office of Family Support, any accrued rights to support for any other person that such applicant or recipient may have, including suc…

A. As a condition of eligibility for KCSP benefits, effective May 1, 2006, any child under age 18 who is pregnant or the parent of a child under the age of one must attend a parenting skills education program as outlined in LAC 67:III.Chapter 57,

A. No cash assistance shall be provided to a person fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, under the laws of the place from which the individual flees, for a crime, or an attempt to commit a crime, which is a felony under the laws of the state f…

A. Effective February 1, 2004, a KCSP household that is not included in a SNAP Simplified Reporting household shall report any change that affects eligibility. The specified dollar amounts of change for earned or unearned income that trigger a report shall be adjusted annually in…

A. A child who receives federal or state foster care payments is not eligible to receive KCSP benefits.

A. KCSP benefits shall not be used in any electronic benefit transfer transaction in: 1. any liquor store; 2. any gambling casino or gaming establishment; 3. any retail establishment that provides adult-oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed…

A. All KCSP overpayments shall be subject to collection either by recoupment or recovery with the exception of inadvertent household error claims and administrative error claims of less than $350 for participating and nonparticipating households. B. Action will be taken to recove…

A. When assigned child support payments are received and retained by the KCSP applicant/recipient, responsibility is placed with the IV-D agency (Child Support Enforcement Services) to recover all such payments. The only exception is a direct payment retained by the recipient dur…

A. Based on the availability of funding and a determination of need by OFS, all households receiving a KCSP grant may also be eligible to receive an energy assistance grant effective August 2001 to apply towards the cost of utility service. OFS will establish a specific date of e…

A. An application must be submitted to the commissioner for construction for each CNG facility and all applications must be accompanied by a filing fee in accordance with LAC 43:XIX. The application must have the following information: 1. the exact legal name of the applicant; it…

A. Notice must be given to the commissioner by anyone wishing to acquire an as-built CNG facility. The notice shall include information outlined in §5301.A.1 and 3.

A. If any owner of a CNG facility wishes to change the nature of service as listed in §5301.A.2 by adding additional services or deleting services, the operator of the facility shall notify the commissioner in writing and submit a Form CNG 101 "Change of Service". No change in se…

A. Except as modified in this Section and specified below, national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for source categories, published in the Code of Federal Regulations at 40 CFR 63, July 1, 2025, are hereby incorporated by reference as they apply to area sources i…

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human resources, Office of Preventive and Public Health Services, LR 13:246 (April 1987), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 15: (October 1989).1987), amended by the Departmen…

A. General Information. CSHS clinics are medical subspecialty treatment clinics. They are established on the basis of need, availability of subspecialist physicians, and fiscal resources. They are not screening clinics. Neither are they set up to provide acute or emergency care. …

A. Pursuant to R.S. 39:1566, the Chief Procurement Officer for the State of Louisiana may delegate authority to governmental bodies within the limitations of law and the state’s procurement regulations.

A. To respond to the needs of state agencies, as well as for auditing purposes and for programming purposes in the State’s LaGov SRM system, it shall be the policy of the Office of State Procurement to delegate to agencies which are subject to the provisions of the Louisiana Proc…

A. Standard DPA—Purchases. Unless otherwise specified, any agency may purchase a single supply or service not exceeding the amount provided in Section 4(a) of the Governor’s Executive Order on Small Purchase Procedures without obtaining preapproval from, or having to utilize the …

A. Special DPA. A DPA set by the Office of State Procurement above the Standard DPA for purchases and/or contracts, or a DPA set below the Standard DPA for purchases and/or contracts, shall be referred to as a “Special DPA.” 1. An agency or department head may present a request t…

A The Office of State Procurement shall periodically review an agency’s DPA, and may increase, maintain or decrease the DPA after considering the following factors: 1. whether increasing, maintaining or decreasing an agency’s DPA is consistent with the state’s strategic prioritie…

A. The American Dental Association (ADA) claim form is to be used for billing services provided to workers' compensation employer claimants. Do not use any other form. B. Partial bills should not be filed by the provider or the claimant. An invoice for the full amount must be fil…

A. Resources: 1. CDT-1 manual: Council on Dental Care Programs American Dental Association 211 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611 (312) 440-2500 2. CPT manual: AMA Order Dept. Box 10946 Chicago, Illinois 60610 (800) 621-8335 3. ADA dental claim form: Council on Dental Ca…