Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 1 - General
Chapter 19 - Traumatic Head and Spinal Cord Injury
Section I-1901 - Program Profile [Formerly LAC 67:VII.1901]
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code I-1901
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Mission - to provide services in a flexible, individualized manner to Louisiana citizens who survive traumatic head or spinal cord injuries enabling them to return to a reasonable level of functioning and independent living in their communities.
B. Program Administration
1. The Department of Health, Office of Aging
and Adult Services (OAAS), shall be responsible for administration of the
Louisiana Traumatic Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund.
2. OAAS has the responsibility of:
a. promulgating rules and
regulations;
b. establishing
priorities and criteria for disbursement of the fund;
c. evaluating the needs of head injured and
spinal cord injured individuals to identify service gaps and needs;
d. submitting an annual report with
recommendations to the legislature and governor 60 calendar days prior to each
Regular Session of the Legislature; and
e. monitoring, evaluating, and reviewing the
development and quality of services funded through the trust fund.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 46:2631-2635 and R.S. 36:259(T).
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