Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 7 - Human Immunodeficiency Virus/AIDS
Chapter 137 - Home Based Care
Section I-13701 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. When used in this Subpart, unless expressly stated otherwise or unless the context of subject matter requires a different interpretation:
Department - the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.
Home Based Care - medical, hospice, and support services provided in the client's home by a licensed Home Health Care or Hospice agency.
Poverty Guideline - the federal income official poverty line applicable to a family of the same size as the applicant's as published annually in the Federal Register.
Program - the home based care program for HIV infected persons.
Service Agency or Agency - the licensed home health or hospice agency which has a contract to provide services.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:256 et seq.