Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:454.15

  • Department: means the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:451.2
  • Developmental disabilities services: means programs, services, and supports for persons with developmental disabilities that include but are not limited to information and referral services, support coordination services, system entry services, development of the support profiles and plans, individual and family support services, living options, habilitation services, and vocational services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:451.2
  • Developmental disability: means either:

                (a) A severe, chronic disability of a person that:

                (i) Is attributable to an intellectual or physical impairment or combination of intellectual and physical impairments. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:451.2

  • Person: means a person with a developmental disability. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:451.2
  • Provider: means a person, partnership, corporation, state agency, or other entity that provides developmental disabilities services and receives either state or federal funds or both. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:451.2
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • Services: means developmental disability services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:451.2

A.  A person receiving developmental disabilities supports and services or his responsible party may file a grievance against any public or private provider agency receiving state funding for developmental disabilities services in accordance with the Standards for Payment for Intermediate Care Facilities for People with Developmental Disabilities.

B.  The department shall promulgate regulations, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, for procedures governing the grievance process for provider agencies receiving state funding for developmental disability services which will include the manner of recourse if the person is not satisfied with the decision resulting from the grievance procedure.

C.  Such agencies shall maintain and inform persons to whom they are providing supports and services of procedures for resolving grievances on behalf of those persons and of their right to file a grievance without fear of retaliation and to receive a prompt final decision.

Acts 2005, No. 128, §1, eff. June 22, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 163, §1.