Louisiana Administrative Code

A. Minimum Essential Health Benefits. Pursuant to §1302(b) of ACA, the ABP must provide the new adult group with a benchmark benefit or benchmark-equivalent benefit package that includes the required minimum essential health benefits (EHBs) provided in affordable insurance exchan…

A. The Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health (OPH), is the state agency within Louisiana granted primary enforcement responsibility from the EPA to ensure that public drinking water systems within the state are in compliance with state regulations that are n…

A. These regulations provide for the Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund as required by R.S. 30:2011 et seq. and in particular R.S. 30:2011(A)(3), (D)(1); 2074(A)(4), (B)(8); R.S. 40:2824(A); 2826(A), (B), (E), and (F).

A. The following terms used in these regulations shall have the following meanings. Administrative Fee―the fee due from a borrower to the department at the origination of a loan and/or on the outstanding principal amount of a loan payable in installments at such rate or rates and…

A. Letter of Intent. An applicant shall send a letter of intent to the department and OPH. B. Eligible Projects. Financial assistance may be provided only for the construction of drinking water facilities as described in a system improvement plan approved by OPH. The department m…

A. Limitation on Applications. An application shall only be funded after authorization from OPH and after meeting all of the department's requirements. B. Application Package. The contents of the application package must contain all applicable information required by the departme…

A. The provisions for events of default and remedies will be specified in the loan and pledge agreement for each borrower receiving a loan from the fund. The secretary or the undersecretary of the department must approve all remedies for events of default.

A. The department may take certain actions and require a borrower to take actions necessary to assure compliance by such borrower with requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, in connection with a loan from the fund. The borrower shall reimburse the departme…

A. This Subpart 7 governs the provision of case management services to targeted population groups and certain home and community based services waiver groups. The primary objective of case management is the attainment of the personal outcomes identified in the recipient’s compreh…

A. The Medicaid Program hereby adopts provisions to provide coverage under the Medicaid State Plan for behavioral health services rendered to children and youth in an inpatient psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF). These services shall be administered under the autho…

A. Section 330 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act of 1991 authorized the development of federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) through a grant funding program to provide care and improve the health status of medically underserved populations. B. The U.S. Department of Hea…

A. Individuals under the age of 21 with an identified mental health or substance use diagnosis, who meet Medicaid eligibility and clinical criteria, shall qualify to receive inpatient psychiatric residential treatment facility services.

A. The following rules are hereby promulgated pursuant to the authority provided in R.S. 30:2361-2380 regarding the Hazardous Material Information Development, Preparedness, and Response Act. B. This Act was originally passed as Act 435 of the 1985 Legislative Session to implemen…

A. These rules apply to the following: 1. any facility which manufactures, handles, uses, or stores any hazardous material(s) in excess of the threshold inventory quantity; and 2. any facility, transportation-related operation, or transport vehicle from which a reportable release…

A. The following terms as used in this Chapter shall have the following meanings. Commission―the Louisiana Emergency Response Commission appointed by the governor to implement the mandates of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1986. Th…

A. The following non-exclusive list of facilities qualifies for alternate means of compliance under state law due to the nature of their respective operations as well as the fact that emergency response personnel can predict that hazardous materials should be present at these fac…

A. All substances listed on the list of “Extremely Hazardous Substances” as found in 40 CFR, Part 355, Appendix A, now in effect or amended hereafter, must be reported for the prior calendar year beginning January 1 and ending December 31, on an inventory form by March 1, 1988, a…

A. Hazardous Materials Designation 1. The lists and categories of materials identified in Paragraphs C.1, C.2, C.3, and C.4 below are deemed hazardous materials and are hereby adopted pursuant to the authority of the deputy secretary in accordance with R.S. 30:2361 et seq. 2. The…

A. As per the authority granted in R.S. 30:2376, the Office of State Police, Transportation and Environmental Safety Section will coordinate emergency response activities arising from any release, or threatened release or incident requiring reporting under these rules. Except as …

A. Certain persons and substances have been exempted from the inventory reporting requirements contained in these rules. There are no exemptions granted for release reporting of regulated substances. B. Persons exempted from reporting certain substances under state law as outline…

A. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections adopts the Hazard Communication Standard as detailed in Title 29 CFR, Parts 1910.1200 et seq., as part of these rules. All facilities subject to these state rules (other than any federal, state, or political subdivisions of a sta…

A. Failure to report any regulated material on a Tier Two Inventory form, as provided in these rules and under the authority of R.S. 30:2361-2380, may result in the levying of civil penalties up to $25,000 for each regulated hazardous material not reported and/or for each non-rep…

A. Tier Two “E-filing” is the preferred method of reporting the chemical inventory required in these Rules. All industries and businesses, excepting small businesses, will be required to utilize this electronic means of inventory reporting by March 1, 2002. The use of this “E-fil…

A. An annual fee shall be submitted with the inventory form by each owner or operator required to report under the Right-to-Know Law. The fee shall be assessed in proportion to the number of hazardous materials manufactured, used, or stored on site. B.1. The fees for facilities n…

A. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections adopts as its own the Trade Secrets provisions as found in Title III, Section 322 of the “Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986” (42 U.S.C.A. Section 11042) as passed by the United States Congress.

A. This health planning document was first developed in 1980. Since that time it has been revised periodically to reflect changing conditions in the state. It is, then, a document in transition. In its current form, it contains health need priorities which were first developed fo…

A. Planning for health care is not new either to Louisiana or to the nation as a whole. Since the earliest days of our nation, federal and state governments have concerned themselves with matters affecting the health and welfare of the American people. However, this health planni…

A. Public Law 93-641, the National Health Planning and Development Act of 1974 amends the Public Health Services Act in order to assure the development of a national health policy and effective state and area health planning and resource development programs. B. Public Law 93-641…

A. Consistent with the nature of any plan, this document reflects present conditions, desired future conditions, and the means, resources, and strategies required to progress from the present conditions to the desired future conditions. Expressed in terms of health planning, this…

A. The Louisiana Deferred Compensation Commission (the "commission") developed the following procedures for the election of participant members to the commission, revised August 16, 2005. These procedures shall remain in effect until amended. 1. On or before the first day of Janu…

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of the Treasury, Deferred Compensation Commission, LR 32:124 (January 2006), amended LR 50:1012 (July 2024).

A. The purpose of this regulation is: 1. to provide for the uniform and practicable administration of the form filing, review and approval requirements of the Louisiana Insurance Code; 2. to clarify the provisions of R.S. 22:861(B); 3. to protect the interests of insurance consum…

A. This regulation is adopted pursuant to R.S. 22:11.

A. This regulation applies to all insurers doing business in the state of Louisiana subject to the form filing, review and approval provisions of the Louisiana Insurance Code.

A. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the meaning or definition as indicated herein. Affirmative Approval⎯department approval, as a result of the department taking action, following compliance review of a complete filing, or a filing pursuant to …

A. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the meaning or definition as indicated herein. Affirmative Approval⎯department approval, as a result of the department taking action, following compliance review of a complete filing, or a filing pursuant to …

A. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the meaning or definition as indicated herein. Affirmative Approval―department approval, as a result of the department taking action, following compliance review of a complete filing, or a filing pursuant to …

A. Pursuant to R.S. 22:44, "False or Fraudulent Material Information," in accordance with all provisions thereof, and specifically applicable to all documents required by this regulation. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally and knowingly supply false or fraudu…

A. If any provision of this regulation, or its application to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such determination shall not affect other provisions or applications of this regulation which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that e…

A. This regulation became effective January 1, 2003; however, the amendments to this regulation will become effective January 1, 2019.

A. This glossary contains a comprehensive list of abbreviations and definitions used in the requirements for payment for nursing facilities. Abuse—the infliction of physical or mental injury or causing deterioration to such an extent that the resident's health, moral, and/or emot…

A. Certification of title XVIII (Medicare)/ skilled nursing facilities (SNF). DHH shall obtain a certification notice from the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that verifies a skilled nursing facility is qualified to participate in the Title XVIII P…

A. In order to participate as a provider of nursing services under Medicaid, a facility must meet certification requirements and enter into a provider agreement with the Department of Health and Hospitals. A provider agreement is the basis for payments by the Bureau of Health Ser…

A. Assignment of Agreement 1. As a temporary measure during a change of ownership, the Bureau of Health Services Financing-Health Standards Section shall automatically assign the provider agreement and certification to the new owner. The new owner shall comply with all participat…

A. A facility may involuntarily or voluntarily lose its participating status in the Medicaid Program. When a facility loses its participating status in the Medicaid Program, a minimum of ten percent of the final vendor payment to the facility is withheld pending the fulfillment o…

A. A facility shall be administered in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident. It shall be responsible for ensuring that all services pr…

A. The facility must establish and maintain an infection control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment in which residents reside and to help prevent the development and transmission of disease and infection using Centers for Disease Control gui…