HLS 16RS-1148 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 762
BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON
MENTAL HEALTH: Provides relative to referrals of certain Medicaid enrollees for mental
health counseling or treatment by managed care providers
1 AN ACT
2To enact Subpart D of Part XIII of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes
3 of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 46:460.81, relative to the Medicaid managed care
4 program; to require referrals of Medicaid enrollees for mental health counseling or
5 treatment by managed care providers in certain cases; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. Subpart D of Part XIII of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Louisiana Revised
9Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S. 46:460.81, is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 SUBPART D. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
11 ยง460.81. Mental health services; referrals required in certain cases
12 A. The requirements of this Section shall apply when a provider delivers
13 health care services through a managed care organization to an enrollee whom he
14 knows to be pregnant.
15 B. In any case described by Subsection A of this Section, if the pregnant
16 woman requests mental health counseling or treatment, the provider shall refer the
17 woman for such counseling or treatment as soon as practicable, and without any
18 unnecessary delay.
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are additions. HLS 16RS-1148 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 762
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)]
HB 762 Original 2016 Regular Session Jackson
Abstract: Requires referrals of pregnant Medicaid enrollees for mental health counseling
or treatment by managed care providers when such patients request these services.
Proposed law provides that its requirements apply in cases when a provider delivers health
care services through a Medicaid managed care organization to a Medicaid enrollee whom
he knows to be pregnant.
Proposed law provides that in any such case, if the pregnant woman requests mental health
counseling or treatment, the provider shall refer the woman for those services as soon as
practicable, and without any unnecessary delay.
(Adds R.S. 46:460.81)
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