Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:460.53 – A. The department, prior to executing any amendment to a professional, personal, consulting, or social services contract that provides for managed care under the Louisiana Medical As
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:460.53
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:460.51
- Primary care case management: means a system under which an entity contracts with the state to furnish case management services that include but are not limited to the location, coordination, and monitoring of primary healthcare services to Medicaid beneficiaries. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:460.51
- services: means the services, items, supplies, or drugs for the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, cure, or relief of a health condition, illness, injury, or disease. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:460.51
A. The department, prior to executing any amendment to a professional, personal, consulting, or social services contract that provides for managed care under the Louisiana Medical Assistance Program through the use of a managed care organization, primary care case management, prepaid inpatient health plan, or prepaid ambulatory health plan, all as defined in 42 C.F.R. § 438.2, shall publish on a publicly accessible page of the department’s website a copy of the entire proposed contract amendment and provide a public comment period of no less than thirty days.
B. If the department finds that an imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare requires immediate execution of a proposed contract amendment without otherwise publishing the proposed contract amendment as required in Subsection A of this Section, the department may execute the proposed contract amendment upon publishing a copy of the contract amendment and a written statement that details the reason for finding that an imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare requires adoption of the executed amendment.
Acts 2019, No. 319, §1.