{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-40-2116.2","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 40:2116.2","heading":"Nursing facilities; cost effective measures","body":"The Louisiana Department of Health may promulgate rules to accomplish cost effectiveness of beds that include but are not limited to the following:\n(1) A bed abeyance program to reduce nursing facility beds by ten percent or more. Such an abeyance program shall include a timeframe in which a determination is made as to whether beds should be brought out of abeyance based upon a ninety-three percent occupancy rate within a service area.\n(2) An increase in the minimum occupancy level required for a nursing facility to fully recover its capital cost.\n(3) A buy-back program, provided such a buy-back program is approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and is eligible for federal funds participation.\n(4) A bed exchange program that allows a nursing facility to create adult residential care beds based on the permanent elimination of existing nursing facility beds.","path":["TITLE 40. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1296060","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:19Z","sha256":"b62c7afa6964f37cfc24ab43cc53cea62fcccc694998b0e73505ab81d5b44ba7","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-40-2116.1","next":"us-la/rs-40-2116.31"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}