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Amends the provisions of the July 31, 2022 Emergency Rule which adopted provisions governing workforce bonus payments for agencies providing support coordination services to home and community-based services waiver participants.
Amends the provisions of the July 31, 2022 Emergency Rule which amended and adopted provisions governing reimbursement in the Residential Options Waiver in order to establish workforce bonus payments for direct service workers and support coordination providers along with audit procedures and sanctions.
Amends the provisions of the July 31, 2022 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing reimbursement in the New Opportunities Waiver in order to establish workforce bonus payments for direct service workers along with audit procedures and sanctions.
Amends the provisions of the July 31, 2022 Emergency Rule which adopted provisions governing reimbursement in the Community Choices Waiver in order to establish a wage floor and workforce bonus payments for direct support/service workers and personal assistance service providers along with audit procedures and sanctions.
Amends the provisions of the July 31, 2022 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing reimbursement in the Children’s Choice Waiver in order to establish workforce bonus payments for direct service workers and support coordination providers along with audit procedures and sanctions.
Amends the provisions of the July 31, 2022 Emergency Rule which adopted provisions governing reimbursement in the Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) Waiver in order to establish a direct wage floor and workforce bonus payments for direct support workers at ADHC centers along with audit procedures and sanctions.
This brings the confirmed Louisiana storm-related death toll to 3 at this time
The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed 2 storm-related deaths in Caddo Parish.
Louisiana children ages 6 months and older are now eligible to receive the updated COVID-19 bivalent booster, after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) endorsed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) authorization expanding the ages eligible for the new booster.
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 December 20, 2022 edition of the Louisiana Register in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.
Continues the provisions of the November 18, 2022 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing the licensing of nursing facilities in order to: provide requirements for generators or other department approved alternate electrical power sources; adopt provisions concerning healthcare workplace violence; and adopt requirements and standards for nursing home emergency preparedness plans, in compliance with Acts 253, 461, and 522 of the 2022 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.
Adopts provisions governing coverage of genetic testing of critically ill infants and provides Medicaid reimbursement outside of the inpatient hospital per diem, in compliance with Act 501 of the 2022 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.