§1251.2. Purpose
A. The purpose of this Part is to provide for a Medicaid Buy-In Program for persons
with disabilities in Louisiana. This program is intended to help working people with
disabilities live above the poverty level by providing needed health care coverage. This
program is also intended to enable some recipients of Supplemental Security Disability
Insurance benefits to return to work and to receive Medicaid as a supplement to private or
Medicare insurance.
B. This program is intended to help persons with severe mental illnesses who can
work if they are on medication and those with severe physical disabilities who need medical
supports in order to work.
Acts 2003, No. 207, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.78.1 by HCR 84 of 2015
R.S.