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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 164
BY REPRESENTATIVE HARRISON
HEALTH: Directs DHH to submit a report on the status of Act No. 299 of the 2011 R.S.
A RESOLUTION1
To authorize and direct the Department of Health and Hospitals to submit a report on the2
status of implementation of the comprehensive plan addressing the delivery of3
quality services to persons receiving home- and community-based services as4
mandated by Act No. 299 of the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature to the5
House Committee on Health and Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and6
Welfare.7
WHEREAS, Act No. 299 of the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature statutorily8
directed the Department of Health and Hospitals to develop a comprehensive plan to address9
the delivery of quality services to a person receiving home- and community-based services10
and to submit a plan for implementation to the House Committee on Health and Welfare and11
the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare by January 15, 2012; and12
WHEREAS, Act No. 299 also mandated that the plan address the following: (1)13
accreditation of home- and community-based service providers; (2) compliance to assure14
that all home- and community-based service providers meet the standards for licensure and15
plan for monitoring to ensure ongoing compliance; (3) appropriate revisions to streamline16
the procedures for the billing of home- and community-based services and the monitoring17
thereof to reduce fraud and errors; (4) mandatory cost reporting by providers of home- and18
community-based services to verify expenditures and for use in determining appropriate19
reimbursement rates; (5) appropriate revisions to streamline the delivery of support20
coordination and ensure that these services are timely, cost-effective, and efficient; (6)21 HLS 12RS-5171 ORIGINAL
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review reimbursement rate methodologies to promote administrative efficiencies and reflect1
the cost of providing quality home- and community-based services; (7) the use of2
technology to simplify the training, delivery, monitoring, and payment for home- and3
community-based services; (8) revision to requirements for Medicaid enrollment to promote4
sustainable quality home- and community-based services; (9) provide for the use of5
organized health care delivery systems as an option for the provision of Medicaid-funded6
home- and community-based services; and7
WHEREAS, the Department of Health and Hospitals convened a wide variety of8
stakeholders and produced a report that addressed these nine focus areas, outlining9
recommendations and a plan for implementation of the recommendations and submitted it10
to the House Committee on Health and Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and11
Welfare; and12
WHEREAS, the Department of Health and Hospitals believes that implementation13
of the plan has begun to produce the desired results of improved quality and cost-14
effectiveness as well as compliance with licensure standards; and15
WHEREAS, the Legislature of Louisiana has been actively involved in enacting16
legislation to control costs and improve quality in home- and community-based services and17
has an ongoing interest in seeing the plan fully implemented.18
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the19
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby authorize and direct the Department of Health and20
Hospitals to submit a report on the status of implementation of the comprehensive plan21
addressing the delivery of quality services to persons receiving home- and community-based22
services as mandated by Act No. 299 of the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature to the23
House Committee on Health and Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.24
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department shall submit the report on or25
before February 1, 2013.26
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the27
secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals.28 HLS 12RS-5171 ORIGINAL
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
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Directs DHH to submit a report on the status of implementation of the comprehensive plan
addressing the delivery of quality services to persons receiving home- and community-based
services as mandated by Act No. 299 of the 2011 R.S. to the House Committee on Health
and Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare on or before Feb. 1, 2013.