Louisiana § RS 40:2195 - Community-based and rural health care program
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 40:2195 — Community-based and rural health care program, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 40:2195. Community-based and rural health care program
A. The Louisiana Department of Health is authorized to establish, subject to the availability of funding, a community-based and rural health care program to expand health care and medical services access to local communities and rural areas and to encourage development of greater access to health care services for indigent and low-income citizens of the state.
B. The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall establish by rule and regulation two distinctly separate processes for the criteria, application, consideration, selection, and awarding of a grant for an urban community-based health care program and a rural health care program. In order to formalize the accountability of these two programs, the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall also, by rule and regulation, establish distinctly separate periodic review and reporting requirements for an urban community-based health care program and a rural health care program. Such rules and regulations shall be subject to review and approval by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.
Acts 1991, No. 394, §1; Acts 1995, No. 363, §1, eff. June 16, 1995.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 40:2195 ("Community-based and rural health care program") 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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