§2006. Fees; licenses; penalties

A.(1) Any person, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity, currently operating or planning to operate any of the facilities listed in this Subsection shall be assessed a fee not to exceed six hundred dollars, payable to the Louisiana Department of Health, at the time an application is made to the department, and once a year thereafter for renewal of the license. This fee is for application and renewal of a license only, and is in addition to any other fees that may be assessed according to the laws, rules, regulations, and standards that are applicable to the individual facilities.

(2) This Subsection shall apply to any licensed:

(a) Adult day health care facility.

(b) Behavioral health services provider.

(c) Ambulatory surgery center.

(d) Case management provider.

(e) Urine drug screening provider.

(f) Home health agency.

(g) Hospice.

(h) Hospital.

(i) Nursing home.

(j) Rural health clinic.

(k) Intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities (ICF/DD).

(l) End stage renal disease facility.

(m) Outpatient abortion facility.

(n) Psychiatric residential treatment facility.

(o) Children's respite care center.

(p) Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 483, §2, eff. July 12, 2005.

(q) Pediatric day health care facility.

NOTE: The implementation of Subparagraph (A)(2)(r), as enacted by Acts 2017, No. 417, §1, shall only become effective in the event a specific appropriation by the legislature is made for such purposes and the program receives approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. See Acts 2017, No. 417, §2.

(r) Community-based care facility.

B.(1) Any person, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity currently operating or planning to operate any of the facilities listed in this Subsection shall be assessed an additional application and renewal fee not to exceed five dollars per unit, payable to the Louisiana Department of Health, at the time the application or application for renewal of the license required in Subsection A of this Section is made, where applicable. For purposes of this Subsection, "unit" means a room or station.

(2) This Subsection shall apply to any licensed:

(a) Hospice.

(b) Hospital.

(c) Nursing home.

(d) Intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities (ICF/DD).

(e) Behavioral health services provider.

(f) Psychiatric residential treatment facility.

(g) Children's respite care center.

(h) End stage renal disease facility.

NOTE: The implementation of Subparagraph (B)(2)(i), as enacted by Acts 2017, No. 417, §1, shall only become effective in the event a specific appropriation by the legislature is made for such purposes and the program receives approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. See Acts 2017, No. 417, §2.

(i) Community-based care facility.

C. Any person, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity currently operating or planning to operate a satellite, branch, or offsite office, as permitted in the laws, rules, regulations, and standards that are applicable to the individual facilities and are licensed or registered by the Louisiana Department of Health shall be assessed a fee not to exceed three hundred dollars per subsidiary license or registration, payable to the Louisiana Department of Health. This fee shall be assessed at the time application is made for the satellite, branch, or offsite office, and once a year thereafter for renewal of the subsidiary license or registration. This fee is for application and renewal of a subsidiary license or registration only, and is in addition to any other fees that may be assessed according to the laws, rules, regulations, and standards that are applicable to the individual facilities.

D. The fees authorized and charged to any category of provider as provided in Subsections A, B, and C of this Section shall not exceed the estimated costs of providing the services to such specified category of provider.

E.(1) Any person, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity, currently operating or planning to operate any of the facilities listed in this Subsection, and who is licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health shall be assessed a delinquent fee of one hundred dollars for failure to timely renew its license and/or any subsidiary license or registration. This fee shall be in addition to any renewal or other fee applicable according to the laws, rules, regulations, and standards that are applicable to the individual facilities. The delinquent fee described in this Subsection shall be assessed and shall become due and payable to the Louisiana Department of Health at 12:01 a.m. on the first day following the expiration date of the license or subsidiary license or registration.

(2) This Subsection shall apply to any licensed:

(a) Adult day health care facility.

(b) Behavioral health services provider.

(c) Ambulatory surgery center.

(d) Case management provider.

(e) Urine drug screening provider.

(f) Home health agency.

(g) Hospice.

(h) Hospital.

(i) Nursing home.

(j) Intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities (ICF/DD).

(k) End stage renal disease facility.

(l) Outpatient abortion facility.

(m) Rural health clinic.

(n) Psychiatric residential treatment facility.

(o) Children's respite care center.

(p) Pediatric day health care facility.

(q) Home- and community-based service provider.

(r) Adult brain injury facility.

(s) Pain management clinic.

NOTE: The implementation of Subparagraph (E)(2)(t), as enacted by Acts 2017, No. 417, §1, shall only become effective in the event a specific appropriation by the legislature is made for such purposes and the program receives approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. See Acts 2017, No. 417, §2.

(t) Community-based care facility.

(u)-(w) Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 839, §5, eff. July 8, 2008.

Acts 1997, No. 1384, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 650, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 391, §1; Acts 2004, No. 332, §1, eff. June 18, 2004; Acts 2004, No. 432, §1, eff. June 24, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 483, §§1, 2, eff. July 12, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 163, §2; Acts 2006, No. 215, §1, eff. June 2, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 839, §§3, 5, eff. July 8, 2008; Acts 2013, No. 308, §3, eff. Sept. 20, 2015; Acts 2017, No. 417, §1.