RS 46:460.77.4: Reimbursement for certain behavioral health services

A. Subject to approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Louisiana Department of Health shall reimburse Medicaid providers for mental health partial hospitalization program services provided at a licensed freestanding inpatient psychiatric hospital. Providers shall be reimbursed at one hundred percent of the Medicare rates.

B. Implementation of this Section is subject to the appropriation of funds by the legislature for this purpose or upon notification by the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget that the department has identified available funds within its existing budget authority for the implementation of the provisions of this Section.