Louisiana § RS 40:1243.2 - Upper payment limit mechanism for outpatient behavioral health services for Medicaid recipients under the age of twenty-one
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 40:1243.2 — Upper payment limit mechanism for outpatient behavioral health services for Medicaid recipients under the age of twenty-one, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 40:1243.2. Upper payment limit mechanism for outpatient behavioral health services for Medicaid recipients under the age of twenty-one
A. The Louisiana Department of Health is authorized to seek approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of a program designed to reimburse non-state, governmental entities through the Medicaid program for outpatient behavioral health services to Medicaid recipients under the age of twenty-one.
B. The Louisiana Department of Health may develop and maintain a Medicaid upper payment limit financing methodology for the behavioral health services provided for in Subsection A of this Section. The disbursements of monies generated by the use of an upper payment limit methodology shall be made only in accordance with an approved waiver or state plan amendment. The source of the non-federal match for these payments may only be by voluntary certification of expenditures or intergovernmental transfer of funds.
Acts 2012, No. 650, §1, eff. June 7, 2012; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.332 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 40:1243.2 ("Upper payment limit mechanism for outpatient behavioral health services for Medicaid recipients under the age of twenty-one") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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