§ 40:1125.33 — Sickle cell anemia; local programs

Louisiana § 40:1125.33

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§1125.33. Sickle cell anemia; local programs
A. The Shreveport Sickle Cell Clinic, the Northeast Louisiana Sickle Cell
Foundation, the Sickle Cell Anemia Rehabilitation and Educational Program, Inc., the
Alexandria Sickle Cell Program, the Eighth Regional Sickle Cell Foundation, and the Baton
Rouge Sickle Cell Program, hereinafter referred to as "program", shall be maintained for the
treatment of victims of sickle cell anemia regardless of geographic and economic family
situation and without regard to the standard eligibility requirements of charity hospitals. In
addition, the programs shall implement policies and plans to convert their individual facility
into regionalized facilities, whereby each facility is responsible for sickle cell anemia patients
in parishes surrounding the main facility.
B. Each program shall provide holistic care, which shall include but not be limited
to educational literature, screening, testing, treatment, and referrals. If funds are available,
each program shall:
(1) Provide a physician or nurse to provide proper health care.
(2) Provide a hematologist to provide proper testing to sickle cell anemia patients.
(3) Provide counseling for families of those who are affected by sickle cell anemia
and which fatality appears imminent.
(4) The executive director of each regional sickle cell anemia clinic shall possess the
minimum qualifications established by rules promulgated by the Louisiana Department of
Health.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not relieve or remove any responsibilities of
the Louisiana Department of Health from implementing and complying with the provisions
of R.S. 40:1125.31.
D. The provisions of this Section shall be implemented if and when one hundred
percent federal funds are made available for the purposes set forth in this Section.

Legislative History

Acts 1993, No. 605, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.4.2 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.; Acts 2022, No. 647, §§2, 4C; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1081.7.