Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:2116.5 – Rules; program retroactive
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:2116.5
- Department: means the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:2116.1
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Person with significant disabilities: means a person with loss of sensory or motor functions interfering with activities of daily living to the extent that the person requires assistance with nonmedical personal care needs, domestic or cleaning needs, dressing and undressing, moving into and out of bed, ambulation, related services including but not limited to meal preparation, laundry, and grocery shopping, and other similar activities of daily living. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:2116.1
- Secretary: means the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:2116.1
- State personal assistance services: means goods and services which are required by a person with significant disabilities age eighteen or older to increase a person's independence or substitute for a person's dependence on human assistance. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:2116.1
A. The secretary of the department or his designee shall develop and maintain a state personal assistance policy plan which shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) Criteria for eligibility of a person with significant disabilities for the services.
(2) Criteria for determining the goods and services to be provided to a person with significant disabilities.
(3) Determination of how program funds will be disbursed.
(4) Criteria for determining prioritization of the State Personal Assistance Services Program waiting list.
B. The secretary shall promulgate rules to implement this Chapter.
C. The department shall implement this Chapter to the extent funds are appropriated by the legislature.
D. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 493, §2, eff. June 5, 2014.
Acts 1987, No. 781, §1; Acts 1990, No. 653, §1, eff. July 19, 1990; Acts 1995, No. 1198, §2; Acts 2006, No. 617, §1; Acts 2014, No. 493, §§1, 2, eff. June 5, 2014.