RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 531 (SB 30) 2022 Regular Session Fred Mills
Prior law established a facility need review process within the Louisiana Department of
Health (LDH) to determine if there is a need for any new or additional healthcare facilities,
providers, programs, services, or beds. New law revises prior law to specifically identify the
providers that are subject to facility need review and to provide for all of the following:
(1)The creation and composition of a facility need review committee within LDH.
(2)The review process to be used by the committee.
(3)The rights of applicants for licensure who are subject to facility need review.
New law provides that facility need review must be satisfied before a provider can proceed
with licensure by LDH and Medicaid provider certification.
Prior law provided for a nursing facility moratorium and certain exceptions to the
moratorium. New law retains and relocates these provisions and deletes certain obsolete
provisions.
Prior law provided that the nursing facility moratorium shall be in effect until July 1, 2027.
New law retains prior law and provides that nursing facilities are subject to facility need
review in the absence of a moratorium.
Prior law provided for certain cost effective measures that may be accomplished through an
LDH waiver. New law retains and relocates these provisions.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 40:2116; adds R.S. 40:2009.4(C), 2116.1, 2116.2, and 2180.2(12))