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The Louisiana Department of Health reported two new presumptive positive cases of COVID-19, commonly referred to as coronavirus. Both are residents of and hospitalized in Orleans Parish. Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the state’s first presumptive positive case, a Jefferson Parish resident, on Monday, March 9.
The Louisiana Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing has submitted Final Rules to the Office of the State Register for publication in the March 20, 2020 edition of the Louisiana Register in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.
The Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing has submitted a Potpourri relative to the 2020 SecondThe Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing has submitted a Potpourri relative to the 2020 Third Quarter Hospital Stabilization Assessment to the Office of the State Register for publication in the March 20, 2020 edition of the Louisiana Register.
Continues the provisions of the December 3, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing outpatient abortion clinics in order to comply with the provisions of Acts 97, 563 and 593 of the 2016 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature which increased the time period for pre-operative services, mandated the distribution of printed information about services for pregnant women, and established provisions for the disposal of fetal remains.
Amends the provisions governing telemedicine in order to clarify that there are no limitations as to the telemedicine originating site.
Adopts provisions governing routine care for recipients in clinical trials in order to clarify the requirements for reimbursement for medically necessary non-experimental/investigational treatments that recipients participating in clinical trials would otherwise receive under the Louisiana Medicaid program.
Amends the provisions governing the licensing of hospitals in order to allow an exception to the requirement that the level of care on the neonatal intensive care unit match or exceed the level of obstetrical care for each level of obstetric service for any hospital which has a current cooperative endeavor agreement linking the hospital to a public–private partnership with the state.
Amends the provisions governing the facility need review (FNR) process in order to allow the department to approve a one-time partial relocation/transfer of a nursing facility’s Medicaid FNR approvals to another licensed, certified, and operational nursing facility within the same parish under certain conditions.
Amends the provisions governing children and adult mental health services in order to update the Rule language to reflect current terminology and practices and to change the treatment plan review requirement.
Under the authority of R.S. 40:4 and 40:5, and in accordance with R.S. 49:950 et seq., the Administrative Procedure Act, the state health officer, acting through the Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health (LDH-OPH), has amended certain sections of Chapter 5 (Registration of Foods, Drugs, Cosmetics and Prophylactic Devices) of Title 49 (Public Health—Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics) and Section 301 of Part VI (Manufacturing, Processing, Packing and Holding of Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics) of Title 51 (Public Health-Sanitary Code) of the Louisiana Administrative Code.
In accordance with the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq., the state health officer, acting through the Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health has adopted LAC 48:I.Chapter 6, Uses and Disclosures of Information for Public Health Emergency Preparedness Activities. R.S. 40:4 and R.S. 40:5 authorize the state health officer acting through the Office of Public Health of the Louisiana Department of Health to prepare, promulgate, and enforce rules and regulations related to public health in the state of Louisiana.
Under the authority of R.S. 40:4 and 40:5, and in accordance with R.S. 49:950 et seq., the Administrative Procedure Act, the state health officer, acting through the Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health (LDH-OPH), has amended Part VII (Dairy Products Regulations) of Title 51 (Public Health—Sanitary Code). These amendments update sampling requirements for certain dairy product businesses that freeze or partially freeze and repackage frozen desserts made from frozen dessert mixes that were pasteurized, ultra pasteurized or aseptically processed at another plant for wholesale.