Directs the Louisiana Department of Health to evaluate the current standards for psychiatric hospitals and residential substance abuse facilities and make recommendations to the legislature
Clarifies DHS authority to regulate sober living homes and halfway houses as residential substance abuse aftercare facilities; requires background checks and other protections for residents of residential substance abuse facilities.
Requires hospitals to perform psychological and psychiatric evaluations on certain patients and requires health insurance coverage for such evaluations.
Requires hospitals to perform psychological and psychiatric evaluations on certain patients and requires health insurance coverage for such evaluations.
Directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to study the Constitution of Louisiana and make recommendations to the legislature regarding transitional and outdated language that can be removed or changed without affecting the effect of the constitutional provisions
Creates a task force to study the use of payable-on-death and transfer-on-death accounts and to report its findings and any recommendations for revisions to applicable Louisiana laws to the legislature.
Requests the La. Department of Health to seek approval of a Medicaid waiver authorizing reimbursement for inpatient treatment of serious mental illness
Establishes the office of state health care facilities within the La. Dept. of Health and provides for the administration of certain state healthcare facilities