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Secure .gov websites use HTTPS LDH is moving forward with a plan to distribute food benefits on EBT cards tomorrow. If the USDA, who administers the SNAP program, is prepared and ready to move money into states’ accounts this evening, we will use federal dollars to fund SNAP recipients’ accounts. If they are not ready, LDH will proceed with our state-funded program to provide food assistance to the elderly, the disabled, and households with children through their existing EBT cards.
July 31, 2024 Public Comment Period for Reentry Demonstration
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, - LDH is providing notice of intent to submit an 1115 waiver application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a Reentry Demonstration, requesting to provide certain covered services to Medicaid-eligible individuals 90 days prior to their release from prison or jail. LDH is holding a public comment period from August 1 to August 30, 2024, which includes two public hearings at geographically diverse locations around the state. The formal public notice and proposed waiver application is accessible for public review on the LDH website at ldh.la.gov/1115Reentry.