§ 28:911 — Definitions

Louisiana § 28:911

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 28: Mental Health

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§911. Definitions
As used in this Chapter and unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Behavioral health services" means community-based mental health and
substance-related and addictive disorders services.
(2) "Board" means the governing body of the district or authority.
(3) "Case records" means medical and treatment records, records and investigations
of abuse or neglect of adults, records of public health services including children's special
health services, nutrition, and immunization, and other medical, disability, or behavioral
health service records related to services provided by the district or authority or the
department.
(4) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.
(5) "Human services accountability plan", referred to in this Chapter as
"accountability plan", means the statewide human services plan developed by the department
in consultation with the Human Services Interagency Council which sets forth the criteria,
process, timelines, guidelines for service delivery, clinical protocols, evidence-based
practices, quality management and monitoring, data collection and reporting, performance
outcome measures, and information management to be followed by the department and the
districts.
(6) "Human services district or authority" and "district or authority" mean a local
governing entity, as identified in R.S. 28:912(A), with local accountability and management
of behavioral health, intellectual disability, and developmental disability services as well as
any public health or other services contracted to the district or authority by the department.
(7) "Human services framework", referred to in this Chapter as "framework", means
the requirements specified in the contract between the department and the district that set
forth the organizational structure, eligible and priority populations, core and targeted
services, and standards for intake and access to institutional and community services, which
require adherence to the human services accountability plan for a district. The framework is
developed, implemented, and monitored through an ongoing statewide process performed
by the department in consultation with the Human Services Interagency Council.
(8) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.

Legislative History

Acts 2008, No. 373, §2, eff. June 21, 2008; Acts 2017, No. 73, §1, eff. June 7, 2017; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2; Acts 2018, No. 206, §1.