§2193.5. Additional licenses; moratorium; exceptions
A. Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, and subject to approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Louisiana Department of Health shall implement a moratorium on additional licenses for pediatric day health care facilities, and shall not approve any additional pediatric day health care facilities.
B.(1) The prohibition established by the provisions of this Section shall apply only to applications for new facilities not approved prior to July 1, 2016. The prohibition shall become enforceable on July 1, 2016, and shall remain in effect until July 1, 2017.
(2) The prohibition established by the provisions of this Section shall not apply to the replacement of existing facilities.
C. The moratorium provided in this Section shall not apply in cases in which a prospective pediatric day health care facility certifies to the department that it will accept no payment for services that is funded wholly or in part by state funds, including but not limited to reimbursement from the state Medicaid program. No pediatric day health care facility that the department licenses pursuant to the exception authorized in this Subsection may enroll as a provider in the Medicaid program of this state.
Acts 2016, No. 254, §1, eff. July 1, 2016.
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