La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-10901

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

Section I-10901 - Introduction

A. The logical step, after 1) determining the priority health needs of the state and developing corresponding goals and 2) determining what programs or services are currently in place to meet the needs, is to determine what can be done to meet the unmet need remaining. The following section sets forth the objectives developed to move toward these priority goals, the costs of achieving these objectives (where available), and a target date for this achievement.

B. There is much uncertainty at this point about how the state's predicted revenue shortfall will affect the offices of the Department of Health and Human Resources. It appears quite possible that sizeable funding cuts will occur, resulting in losses of manpower, programs and services. Given the uncertain future, it is difficult to project a strategy for one year, much less for five years. For this reason, the implementation objectives in this State Health Plan, although ongoing in many instances, will emphasize FY 1986-87 activities. It is hoped that, when conditions become more stable, longer range objectives can be developed and published for the next revision of the Plan.

C. It is also expected that the next State Health Plan will reflect the increasing communication and cooperation with non-state agencies on Plan implementation. It is realized that no effort to meet the priority health needs of the state can succeed without the input and cooperation of local and non-public health related entities, but time and staff limitations precluded their inclusion in this Plan.

D. The first Section of this Chapter lists objectives which the Division of Policy, Planning and Evaluation hopes to achieve directly during the fiscal year. The second lists the objectives of other DHHR agencies under the priority goal to which they pertain most directly.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-10901

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Management and Finance, LR 13:246 (April 1987).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with P.L. 93-641 as amended by P. L .96-79, and R.S. 36:256(b).