RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 3 (HB 123) 2023 Regular Session Stagni
Existing law requires nursing homes to submit an emergency preparedness plan to the La.
Dept. of Health (LDH) for approval. If LDH rejects the emergency preparedness plan, LDH
will notify the nursing home of the rejection and any required changes to the emergency
preparedness plan.
Existing law provides that after the nursing home updates its emergency preparedness plan
to include any required changes, the nursing home may submit an updated and revised
emergency preparedness plan.
Prior law required LDH to refuse to issue or renew a license of a nursing home that
submitted an updated and revised emergency preparedness plan that LDH rejected for failing
to incorporate the required changes.
New law allows LDH to exercise discretion to revoke or deny renewal of a license to a
nursing home if LDH rejected the updated and revised emergency preparedness plan
submitted by the nursing home.
Effective August 1, 2023.
(Amends R.S. 40:2009.25(C)(9), (D)(9), and (E)(10))