§ 40:1253.4 — Louisiana Department of Health information

Louisiana § 40:1253.4

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

Text

§1253.4. Louisiana Department of Health information
A. The Louisiana Department of Health shall make available to the public all
informational bulletins, health plan advisories, and guidance published by the department
concerning the Louisiana Medicaid managed care program. The department shall publish
and make such information available to the public on its website.
B. Prior to August 1, 2015, every managed care organization contracted with the
state to provide Medicaid-covered healthcare services to Medicaid enrollees shall report to
the department the uniform resource locator of a webpage which contains a publicly
accessible copy of all practice guidelines utilized by each managed care organization which
are required to be made available to healthcare providers pursuant to 42 CFR 438.236(c).
The department shall place and maintain publicly accessible web links to each of these
respective webpages upon its website.

Legislative History

Acts 2013, No. 212, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.364 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.; Acts 2015, No. 158, §1, eff. June 23, 2015; Acts 2017, No. 349, §1.