Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 50 - PUBLIC HEALTH-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Part XV - Services for Special Populations
Subpart 19 - Pediatric Day Health Care Program
Chapter 275 - General Provisions
Section XV-27501 - Program Description and Purpose
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XV-27501
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Pediatric Day Health Care (PDHC) Services
1. An array of services that are designed to
meet the medical, social and developmental needs of children up to the age of
21 who have a complex medical condition which requires skilled nursing care and
therapeutic interventions on an ongoing basis in order to:
a. preserve and maintain health
status;
b. prevent death;
c. treat/cure disease;
d. ameliorate disabilities or other adverse
health conditions; and/or
e.
prolong life.
2. PDHC
services offer a community-based alternative to traditional long term care
services or extended nursing services for children with medically complex
conditions.
B. These services are provided in a non-residential setting which is licensed as a PDHC facility and enrolled to participate in the Medicaid Program.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
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