2024 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 187
BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX AND REPRESENTATIVES ADAMS, BERAULT,
ROBBY CARTER, CHASSION, FISHER, FREIBERG, HUGHES,
JACKSON, MIKE JOHNSON, JORDAN, MILLER, NEWELL,
TAYLOR AND WALTERS
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 covers portable oxygen concentrators only 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.
18 B.(1) The Louisiana Department of Health shall establish a pilot
19 program to provide coverage for portable oxygen concentrators in the same
20 manner as stationary oxygen systems if a portable concentrator is prescribed
21 by a licensed physician and the enrollee is mobile within the home or
22 community.
23 (2) The Louisiana Department of Health may limit the number of
24 portable oxygen concentrators covered each fiscal year in a manner determined
25 through rules promulgated by the department.
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1 C. The department shall submit a utilization report to the legislature no
2 later than thirty days prior to the legislative session. The report shall include the
3 number of requests for portable oxygen concentrators, the number of portable
4 concentrators that were covered, the number of requests that were denied, the
5 amount and means of financing of funds utilized to provide coverage, the
6 amount of funds needed to provide coverage for requests that were denied due
7 to lack of funds, and the demographics of enrollees that requested, received, or
8 were denied coverage for portable concentrators.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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