§2116.2. Nursing facilities; cost effective measures
The Louisiana Department of Health may promulgate rules to accomplish cost
effectiveness of beds that include but are not limited to the following:
(1) A bed abeyance program to reduce nursing facility beds by ten percent or more.
Such an abeyance program shall include a timeframe in which a determination is made as to
whether beds should be brought out of abeyance based upon a ninety-three percent
occupancy rate within a service area.
(2) An increase in the minimum occupancy level required for a nursing facility to
fully recover its capital cost.
(3) A buy-back program, provided such a buy-back program is approved by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and is eligible for federal funds participation.
(4) A bed exchange program that allows a nursing facility to create adult residential
care beds based on the permanent elimination of existing nursing facility beds.
Acts 2022, No. 531, §1.