Amends administrative rules to cause La. Medicaid eligibility standards to conform to those established in the Affordable Care Act (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Provides for physician assistants executing emergency certificates relative to alleged mental illness or substance abuse. (8/1/17) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to continue the task force to study, identify, and make recommendations to address the shortage of specialist physicians in this state
Provides relative to provisions in Title 46 which are limited in applicability to political subdivisions or local areas meeting specified population characteristics (Item #8)
Abolishes the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Department of Children and Family Services and creates the Department of Health and Social Services (OR DECREASE GF EX See Note)