SLS 25RS-148 ORIGINAL
2025 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 96
BY SENATOR MCMATH
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
MEDICAID. Establishes Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain behavioral health
services. (7/1/25)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 46:460.77.4, relative to Medicaid reimbursement rates for behavioral health
3 services; to require certain behavioral health services to be reimbursed at one
4 hundred percent of Medicare rates; to provide for an effective date; and to provide
5 for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 46:460.77.4 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง460.77.4. Reimbursement for certain behavioral health services
9 The Medicaid reimbursement rate for services provided as part of a
10 partial hospitalization program or intensive outpatient program shall be
11 reimbursed at one hundred percent of Medicare rates.
12 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2025; if vetoed by the governor
13 and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on the day
14 following such approval by the legislature or July 1, 2025, whichever is later.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 96
SLS 25RS-148 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Senate Legislative Services.
The keyword, summary, 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)]
DIGEST
SB 96 Original 2025 Regular Session McMath
Proposed law requires Medicaid reimbursement rates for services provided as part of a
partial hospitalization program or intensive outpatient program to be the same as Medicare
reimbursement rates for those services.
Effective July 1, 2025.
(Adds R.S. 46:460.77.4)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.