Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2166.7.1 – NOTE: §2166.7.1, as enacted by Acts 2012, No. 676, §1.
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2166.7.1
- Adult residential care provider: means a facility, agency, institution, society, corporation, partnership, company, entity, residence, person or persons, or any other group which provides adult residential care for compensation to two or more adults who are unrelated to the licensee or operator. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2166.3
- 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
- Department: means the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2166.3
§2166.7.1. Moratorium on licensure of level 4 adult residential care providers
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the department shall implement a moratorium on the licensure of additional level 4 adult residential care providers until July 1, 2017. The moratorium shall not apply to a provider which has received facility need review approval from the department for a level 4 adult residential care provider on or before April 25, 2012.
NOTE: Acts 2017, No. 417, §1, amended §2166.7.1 to extend the moratorium from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2018. Section 2 of that act provides: “Implementation of the provisions of this Act shall only become effective in the event a specific appropriation by the legislature is made for such purposes and the program receives approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.”
§2166.7.1. Moratorium on licensure of level 4 adult residential care providers
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the department shall implement a moratorium on the licensure of additional level 4 adult residential care providers until July 1, 2018. The moratorium shall not apply to a provider which has received facility need review approval from the department for a level 4 adult residential care provider on or before April 25, 2012.
Acts 2012, No. 676, §1; Acts 2017, No. 417, §1.