Louisiana § 46:2635 Expenditures

Louisiana Statutes

§ 46:2635 — Expenditures

Louisiana·Title 46 Public Welfare and Assistance

§2635. Expenditures

A.Except as provided in R.S. 46:2633(D)(2), money in the trust fund shall be distributed for the sole purpose of funding the cost of care or supportive services for traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, including the administrative costs attributable to services provided by the trust fund program. The fund shall be considered as a source of last resort after Medicare and Medicaid sources have been expended for Louisiana citizens.

B.Authorization of expenditures for spinal cord injury care and brain injury care shall be made by the office of aging and adult services, within the Louisiana Department of Health, according to criteria established by the department through administrative rule.

C.Expenditures may include but are not limited to post-acute medical care reha

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§2635. Expenditures
A. Except as provided in R.S. 46:2633(D)(2), money in the trust fund shall be
distributed for the sole purpose of funding the cost of care or supportive services for
traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, including the administrative costs attributable to
services provided by the trust fund program. The fund shall be considered as a source of last
resort after Medicare and Medicaid sources have been expended for Louisiana citizens.
B. Authorization of expenditures for spinal cord injury care and brain injury care shall
be made by the office of aging and adult services, within the Louisiana Department of
Health, according to criteria established by the department through administrative rule.
C. Expenditures may include but are not limited to post-acute medical care
rehabilitation, therapies, medication, attendant care, home or vehicle accessibility
modifications, and equipment necessary for activities of daily living, provided that such
expenses are related to the spinal cord injury or traumatic brain injury.
D.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, expenditures on behalf
of any one traumatic brain or spinal cord injury survivor shall not exceed fifteen thousand
dollars for any twelve-month period nor fifty thousand dollars in total expenditures.
(2) If the total expenditures on behalf of any one traumatic brain or spinal cord injury
survivor exceed fifty thousand dollars, the survivor may be eligible for additional
expenditures on behalf of the survivor if funds are appropriated specifically for that purpose
in addition to the funds collected pursuant to R.S. 46:2633(B), provided that the total amount
of expenditures on behalf of any one traumatic brain or spinal cord injury survivor shall not
exceed fifteen thousand dollars per year nor one hundred thousand dollars in total
expenditures.
E. The administrative costs of the program shall be funded and paid for exclusively
from the fund.

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Legislative History

Acts 1993, No. 654, §1, eff. June 16, 1993; Acts 1999, No. 526, §1, eff. June 29, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 826, §1; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 119, §1, eff. April 19, 2000; Acts 2010, No. 939, §8, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 269, §2, eff. May 25, 2012; Acts 2018, No. 424, §1, eff. May 23, 2018; Acts 2024, No. 278, §2, eff. Feb. 1, 2025.