Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1253.5

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.

            The Louisiana Department of Health shall make available to the public on the department’s website all Medicaid state plan amendments and any related correspondence within twenty-four hours of submission to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. All formal responses by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding any state plan amendment shall be made available to the public on the department’s website within twenty-four hours of receipt of the correspondence by the department.

            Acts 2013, No. 212, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 40:1300.365 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.