Requests the La. Department of Health to study and report on the costs of providing nursing services in certain Medicaid-funded programs and facilities for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Requests the La. Dept. of Health to submit documentation to the federal Medicaid agency to provide financial relief for providers of services for people with developmental disabilities (Item #28)
Creates a task force to study and make recommendations relative to the voting rights of people with disabilities
Requests a study and recommendations to the legislature concerning means by which to eliminate "benefits cliffs" in public assistance programs
Urges and requests the Louisiana Workforce Commission to study and make recommendations concerning the payment model for vocational rehabilitation services
Urge and requests DHH to create a task force which shall study funding options for services to persons with disabilities and the elderly and to present recommendations to certain legislative committees
Requests a study concerning a voluntary registry of persons with autism and other developmental disabilities for use by law enforcement professionals
Provides for employment of people ages sixteen and over as direct support professionals for Medicaid waivers and services
Urges and requests DHH to study the health impacts and fiscal benefits to La. of implementing a Medicaid 1115 demonstration waiver to expand services to people living with HIV and to report study results to certain legislative committees
Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to study the feasibility of providing Medicaid enrollees with a choice of fiscal/employer agents