Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The OCDD has
responsibility for programmatic leadership in the designing and developing of
all developmental disabilities services pursuant to agreements with the LGEs
and OCDD contractors as statutorily constituted by state law and with public
and private providers. Throughout this Rule, the term "entry unit" is used to
describe the role of the LGEs and OCDD contractors in the OCDD system entry
process.
B. The local governing
entities (LGEs) are the Metropolitan Human Services District, the Capital Area
Human Services District, the South Central Human Services Authority, the
Acadiana Area Human Services Authority, the Imperial Calcasieu Human Services
Authority, the Central Louisiana Human Services District, the Northwest
Louisiana Human Services District, the Northeast Delta Human Services
Authority, the Florida Parishes Human Services Authority and the Jefferson
Parish Human Services Authority:
1.
Metropolitan Human Services District-Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Bernard
parishes;
2. Capital Area Human
Services District-Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Point
Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes;
3. South Central Human Services
Authority-Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St James, St. John, Terrebonne,
and St Mary parishes;
4. Acadiana
Area Human Services District-Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry,
St. Martin, and Vermilion parishes;
5. Imperial Calcasieu Human Services
Authority-Allen, Beauregard, Cameron, Calcasieu, and Jefferson Davis
parishes;
6. Central Louisiana
Human Services Authority-Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle,
Rapides, Vernon, and Winn parishes;
7. Northwest Louisiana Human Services
District-Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Natchitoches, Red River,
Sabine, and Webster parishes;
8.
Northeast Delta Human Services Authority-Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin,
Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Tensas, Union, and West Carroll
parishes;
9. Florida Parishes Human
Services Authority-Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and
Washington parishes; and
10.
Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority-Jefferson Parish.
C. The Human Service Districts
(Districts) are the Capital Area Human Service District and the Metropolitan
Human Service District:
1. Capital Area Human
Service District-Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Point
Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana;
2. Metropolitan Human Service
District-Orleans, St. Bernard and Plaquemines.
D. The six OCDD Community Services Regions
with their parishes are as follows:
1. Region
3-Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, Terrebonne, St.
Mary;
2. Region 4-Acadia,
Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermilion;
3. Region 5-Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu,
Jefferson Davis, Cameron;
4. Region
6-Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Rapides, Vernon,
Winn;
5. Region 7-Bienville,
Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Sabine, Red River, Natchitoches,
Webster;
6. Region 8-East Carroll,
Caldwell, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Quachita, Tensas,
Union, West Carroll.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
28:454.1.
