Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1251.5

  • 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
  • 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

            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 General Appropriation Act;1 enacted during the 2003 Regular Session of the Legislature. If included in that Act, the Medicaid Buy-In Program for Persons with Disabilities shall be implemented by the department no later than January, 2004.

            Acts 2003, No. 207, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 40:1299.78.4 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.

            1Acts 2003, No.14