§ 46:449 — Family responsibility program

§449. Family responsibility program
A. For purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the following
meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Department" shall mean the Louisiana Department of Health.
(2) "Recipient" shall mean any person receiving intermediate or skilled nursing care
in the state of Louisiana and whose income and resources are insufficient to meet the costs
of such care.
B. The department is hereby authorized to develop and implement a program of
voluntary family responsibility which will recognize those alimentary obligations created by
Civil Code Art. 229 et seq.
C. The department is authorized to enter into written agreements with the responsible
relatives of recipients whereby such responsible relatives voluntarily agree to contribute to
the cost of providing skilled or intermediate nursing care to any recipient who is a relative
of such responsible party. Any funds paid pursuant to this provision shall be paid directly
to the recipient or to the health care facility for the use and benefit of the designated
recipient. Such funds shall first be applied to the personal needs and then to the medical
needs of the recipient.
D. The secretary of the department shall have the authority to promulgate rules and
regulations necessary to administer the provisions of this Section. All such regulations shall
be subject to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
E. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 202, §2, eff. June 11, 2019.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1983, No. 672, §1, eff. for taxable periods beginning after Dec. 31, 1982; Acts 2003, No. 420, §1, eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2019, No. 202, §§1, 2, eff. June 11, 2019.