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Amends the provisions governing the licensing of hospitals in order to update the standards for obstetrical and newborn services and relocate the existing provisions of LAC 48:I.9511-9515 to LAC 48:I.9519-9523 to ensure that the administrative Rule reflects current requirements for staffing and levels of care units.
The July 2022 Legislative Oversight Committee reports have been submitted to the respective legislative oversight committees in accordance with R.S. 49:968(D)(1)(b)(c)
The Louisiana Department of Health is reporting the first detected case of monkeypox infection in a Louisiana resident. This individual is from LDH Region 1 (Orleans, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. Bernard).
The Louisiana Department of Health is seeking information on vendors and organizations that can assist the State in effectively reaching residents who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other marginalized sexual identities through the use of community engagement to build confidence in COVID-19 vaccination.
Adopts provisions to establish the criteria for an acute care hospital to qualify as an Urban Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) facility and the reimbursement methodology for the provision of outpatient services.
Adopts provisions to establish the criteria for an acute care hospital to qualify as an Urban Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) facility and the reimbursement methodology for the provision of inpatient services.
Amends the provisions governing Applied Behavior Analysis-Based (ABA) Therapy Services in order to remove non-conventional place of service limitations and allow delivery of ABA services in a community setting.
PFAS chemicals have long-term persistence in the environment and have been found in some drinking water supplies.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has received reports of West Nile virus present in more than 175 mosquito pools this year, a number much higher than last year at this time, when 13 pools tested positive.
Louisiana Medicaid is expanding its comprehensive dental care to adults ages 21 and up with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are enrolled in the New Opportunities Waiver, Residential Options Waiver or the Supports Waiver.