GREEN SHEET REDIGEST
HB 498 2016 Regular Session Pope
(KEYWORD, SUMMARY, AND DIGEST as amended by Senate committee
amendments)
HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Institutes a moratorium on new pediatric day health
facility licenses
DIGEST
Present law provides for licensure and regulation of pediatric day health care facilities,
defined in present law as follows:
"Pediatric day health care facility" means a facility that may operate 7 days a week, not to
exceed 12 hours a day, to provide care for medically fragile children under the age of 21,
including technology-dependent children who require close supervision. Care and services
to be provided by the facility shall include but shall not be limited to nursing care; respiratory
care; physical, speech, and occupational therapies; assistance with aids of daily living;
transportation services; and education and training.
Proposed law retains present law.
Proposed law requires the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) to implement a
moratorium on additional licenses for pediatric day health care facilities.
Proposed law provides that the moratorium shall apply only to applications for new facilities
not approved prior to July 1, 2016. Provides that the moratorium shall become enforceable
on July 1, 2016, and shall remain in effect until July 1, 2017.
Proposed law provides that the moratorium shall not apply to the replacement of existing
facilities.
Proposed law provides an exception to the moratorium in cases in which a prospective
pediatric day health care facility certifies to DHH that it will accept no payment for services
that is funded wholly or in part by state funds, including but not limited to reimbursement
from the state Medicaid program. Provides that no pediatric day health care facility that
DHH licenses pursuant to this exception may enroll as a Medicaid provider.
Effective July 1, 2016.
(Adds R.S. 40:2193.5)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to
the original bill:
1. Decrease the duration of the moratorium from eight years to one year.
2. Provide an exception to the moratorium in cases in which a prospective pediatric
day healthcare facility certifies to DHH that it will accept no payment for services
that is funded wholly or in part by state funds, including but not limited to
reimbursement from the state Medicaid program.
3. Provide that no pediatric day healthcare facility that DHH licenses pursuant to the
exception detailed above may enroll as a Medicaid provider.
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Prepared by Christine Arbo Peck. Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to the
engrossed bill
1. Changes "healthcare" to "health care" to provide consistency with present law.
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Prepared by Christine Arbo Peck.