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Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 5-D > Subchapter E > Part III – Medicaid Buy-In Program for Persons With Disabilities

§ 40:1251.1 This Part may be referred to as the Louisiana Medicaid Buy-In Program for Persons with Disabilities Act.
§ 40:1251.2 A. The purpose of this Part is to provide for a Medicaid Buy-In Program for persons with disabilities in Louisiana. This program is intended to help working people with disabilities
§ 40:1251.3 In accordance with the authority granted the Louisiana Department of Health pursuant to R.S. 36:254(A)(6) and (D)(1)(a)(i) and pursuant to the restrictions contained in this Part, th
§ 40:1251.4 As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
§ 40:1251.5 The provisions of this Part shall not be implemented by the department unless funding and performance standards, including a specified target for enrollment, are included in the Gene
§ 40:1251.6 A. The Louisiana Department of Health shall promulgate regulations governing the following:

Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 5-D > Subchapter E > Part III - Medicaid Buy-In Program for Persons With Disabilities

  • Appointment: means the designation of a person, by due authority, to become an employee in a position, and his induction into employment in the position. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Classified service: means every appointive office and position of trust or employment in the municipal government, parish government, or fire protection district government which has as its primary duty one of the functions specifically set forth to be included in the classified service by the provisions of this Part; and excludes all elective and appointive offices and positions of trust or employment which have a primary duty specifically set forth to be included in the unclassified service by the provisions of this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Eligible: means a person whose name is on a list. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Medicaid Buy-In Program: means the Louisiana Medicaid Optional program to provide the opportunity for working persons with disabilities to buy access to needed health care and support services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1251.4
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Persons with disabilities: means those citizens of Louisiana who meet the Social Security Disability criteria. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1251.4
  • Position: means any office or employment in the municipal, parish or fire protection district, fire or police service, the duties of which call for services to be rendered by one person. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Seniority: means the following:

                (a) "Departmental seniority" means the total employment computed for an employee beginning with the last date on which he was regularly and permanently appointed and has worked continuously, to and including the date of computation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533

Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 5-D > Subchapter E > Part III – Malpractice Coverage; State-Employed Physicians, Dentists and Professional Nurses

§ 40:1235.1 Each agency of the state which employs physicians, dentists or professional nurses to provide medical services for or on behalf of such agency and each agency of the state to whom an

Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 5-D > Subchapter E > Part III - Malpractice Coverage; State-Employed Physicians, Dentists and Professional Nurses

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appointing authority: means any official, officer, board, commission, council or person having the power to make appointments to positions in the municipal, parish or fire protection district fire service. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Board: means the municipal, parish, or fire protection district fire and police civil service board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Classified service: means every appointive office and position of trust or employment in the municipal government, parish government, or fire protection district government which has as its primary duty one of the functions specifically set forth to be included in the classified service by the provisions of this Part; and excludes all elective and appointive offices and positions of trust or employment which have a primary duty specifically set forth to be included in the unclassified service by the provisions of this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Demotion: means a change of an employee in the classified service from a position of one class to a position of a lower class which generally involves less responsibility and provides less pay. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Employee: means a person legally occupying a position. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Position: means any office or employment in the municipal, parish or fire protection district, fire or police service, the duties of which call for services to be rendered by one person. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.