Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part IX - Developmental Disabilities Services
Chapter 11 - Individual and Family Support Program
Section IX-1127 - Payment Mechanisms

A. The developmental disabilities director, or designee, may authorize expenditures of individual and family support funds and shall have final discretion on the type of payment mechanism, with appropriate prior notification to the executive director of a LGE as specified by the OCDD.

B. Individual and family support program supports may be provided through any legitimate and appropriate funding mechanism authorized by current Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) contracting or purchasing practices or the policies and procedures established by a LGE. This may include, but not be limited to, the use of individual agreements for goods and services, purchase orders (integrated statewide information system mechanism) for purchase of goods, and contracts for supports with either individuals or external agencies.

C. Documentation will be required for all individual and family support funds expended. This may take the form of receipts for goods or services, time-sheets for service delivery, utility statements, etc.

D. When an individual receiving individual and family support services moves to a region served by a different LGE and the service is still needed at the new location, the LGEs will negotiate the continuation of the funding of the service in order to ensure continuity of service.

E. The support coordinator or community services professional will instruct the participant and/or his/her family on the means to document delivery of supports, including providing appropriate billing forms and/or special instructions, both at the point of initiation of supports and quarterly thereafter for the duration of service provision.