Re-creates and continues the work of the task force to study and make recommendations concerning health services delivery and financing in the Baton Rouge region.
Provides authority for the Department of Health and Hospitals to create an upper payment limit mechanism for outpatient behavioral health services for Medicaid recipients under the age of twenty-one. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE FF EX See Note)
Authorizes the Department of Health and Hospitals to contract for the operation of state inpatient mental health facilities and certain services provided at such facilities. (8/15/10)