La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-5691

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section I-5691 - Behavioral Health Service Providers with a Mental Health Program that Provide Services Only in the Home and Community

A. The BHS provider with only a home and community-based mental health program shall notify HSS of the parishes in the state of Louisiana in which it will provide services. The parishes shall be contiguous.

B. Primary Business Office. The provider offering behavioral health services only in the home or community shall have a business location that:

1. is part of the licensed location of the BHS provider;

2. is located in a parish where the provider offers services;

3. has at least one employee on duty in the primary business office during hours of operation listed on the approved license application;

4. stores the administrative files, including governing body documents, contracts to which the provider is a party, insurance policies, budgets and audit reports, personnel files, client records, policies and procedures, and other files or documents the BHS provider is required to maintain; and

5. is not located in an occupied personal residence.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-5691

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 411713 (9/1/2015), Amended LR 481285 (5/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and R.S. 40:2151-2161.