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Gov. Edwards Declares Public Health Emergency in Response to COVID-19
Following a meeting of the Unified Command Group today, Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a Public Health emergency in Louisiana related to COVID-19.
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March 2020 Legislative Oversight Committee Activity
The March 2020 Legislative Oversight Committee reports have been submitted to the respective legislative oversight committees in accordance with R.S. 49:968(D)(1)(b)(c)
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Health officials confirm three new presumptive positive COVID-19 cases in Louisiana as state increases testing for the virus
The Louisiana Department of Health reported on Tuesday evening three new presumptive positive cases of COVID-19, commonly referred to as coronavirus. All three are residents of Orleans Parish. Two are hospitalized in Orleans Parish; the third is hospitalized in St. Tammany Parish.
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Health officials confirms two new presumptive positive COVID-19 cases in Louisiana as state increases testing for the virus
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.
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March 2020 Final Rules
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.
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2020 Third Quarter Hospital Stabilization Assessment
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.
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Abortion Facilities – Licensing Standards LAC 48:I.4431
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.
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Telemedicine LAC 50:I.501
Amends the provisions governing telemedicine in order to clarify that there are no limitations as to the telemedicine originating site.
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Routine Patient Care and Clinical Trials LAC 50:I.305
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.
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Hospital Licensing Standards – Obstetrical and Newborn Services LAC 48:I.9505
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.
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Facility Need Review – Relocation of Nursing Facility Beds LAC 48:I.12529
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.
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Children and Adult Mental Health Services LAC 50:XXXIII.2501,2701,6103,6303,6305,6307,6501, and 6701
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.