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2024 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 187
BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX
MEDICAID. Creates a pilot program for Medicaid recipients to utilize portable oxygen
concentrators. (8/1/24)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 46:460.76.1, relative to a pilot program for Medicaid recipients to utilize
3 portable oxygen concentrators; to provide for a pilot program developed by the
4 Louisiana Department of Health; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 46:460.76.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง460.76.1. Medicaid pilot program; portable oxygen concentrator
8 A.(1) The legislature finds that Louisiana Medicaid covers portable
9 oxygen concentrators to Medicaid beneficiaries under twenty-one years of age,
10 if deemed medically necessary, through the Early and Periodic Screening,
11 Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) benefit. However, for individuals over the
12 age of twenty-one, Medicaid only covers portable oxygen concentrators for
13 travel to medical appointments and treatment.
14 (2) The legislature further finds that providing Medicaid coverage for
15 portable oxygen concentrators beyond the limited circumstances in current
16 policy could greatly improve the quality of life for Louisiana residents who
17 require oxygen but are mobile within the home or community.
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1 B.(1) The Louisiana Department of Health shall establish a pilot
2 program to provide coverage for portable oxygen concentrators in the same
3 manner as stationary oxygen systems if a portable concentrator is prescribed
4 by a licensed physician and the enrollee is mobile within the home or
5 community.
6 (2) The Louisiana Department of Health may limit the number of
7 portable oxygen concentrators covered each fiscal year in a manner determined
8 through rules promulgated by the department.
9 C. The department shall submit a utilization report to the legislature no
10 later than thirty days prior to the legislative session. The report shall include the
11 number of requests for portable oxygen concentrators, the number of portable
12 concentrators that were covered, the number of requests that were denied, the
13 amount and means of financing of funds utilized to provide coverage, the
14 amount of funds needed to provide coverage for requests that were denied due
15 to lack of funds, and the demographics of enrollees that requested, received, or
16 were denied coverage for portable concentrators.
The original instrument was prepared by Amanda Trapp. The following
digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was
prepared by Dawn Romero Watson.
DIGEST
SB 187 Reengrossed 2024 Regular Session Boudreaux
Proposed law requires the Louisiana Department of Health to establish a pilot program to
provide portable oxygen concentrators to enrollees who are mobile within the home or
community.
Proposed law authorizes the department to limit the number of concentrators that are covered
and to submit a utilization report to the legislature.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Adds R.S. 46:460.76.1)
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Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to
the original bill
1. Makes changes to the legislative intent and requirements for the pilot
program.
2. Removes language that creates a fund.
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill
1. Make technical correction.
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