§28:13. Management of behavioral health resources
RS 28:13 – Management of behavioral health resources In the operational management of the office of behavioral health, the department may guarantee the efficient and effective use and retention of the state’s scarce behavioral health resources to adequately provide for the peace, health, safety, and general welfare of the public, by ensuring the following: (1) […]
§28:14. Funding priorities; cost-effectiveness
RS 28:14 – Funding priorities; cost-effectiveness A. The department may ensure that all current and future funds are expended in the most cost-effective manner and services are provided in accordance with recommended best practices subject to state oversight to ensure accountability to taxpayers and the public. The department may evaluate existing proposed expenditure plans for […]
§28:15. Innovative behavioral health services; programs
RS 28:15 – Innovative behavioral health services; programs A. The department may develop goals, objectives, and priorities for the creation of innovative programs which promote and improve the behavioral health of the citizens of the state by making treatment and support services available to those persons who are most in need and least able to […]
§28:20. Admission to Louisiana Department of Health facilities; legislative findings; criteria
RS 28:20 – Admission to Louisiana Department of Health facilities; legislative findings; criteria A. The legislature hereby finds and declares that residents of Louisiana may require appropriate care for mental illness or developmental disabilities. However, the resources and staffing available to the department may be inadequate to provide care to all persons. B. Notwithstanding any […]
§28:21. State psychiatric hospitals
RS 28:21 – State psychiatric hospitals A. For purposes of this Part, “state psychiatric hospital” refers to the hospital at Jackson, known as the Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System, and the hospital at Pineville, known as the Central Louisiana State Hospital, which are designated as the hospitals for persons who have a mental illness or […]
§28:21.1. Substance-related and addictive disorders; treatment in state psychiatric hospitals
RS 28:21.1 – Substance-related and addictive disorders; treatment in state psychiatric hospitals A. The Louisiana Department of Health is authorized to accept indigent patients suffering from co-occurring substance-related or addictive disorders and to give such patients the care and treatment required. B. The purpose of this Section is to recognize substance-related and addictive disorders as […]
§28:22. Crisis response system
RS 28:22 – Crisis response system A. The Legislature of Louisiana finds that appropriate crisis identification and stabilization services, including a coordinated system of entry into the crisis system, is critical to successful recovery for people in behavioral crisis. The legislature further finds that successful crisis identification and stabilization services will most successfully be developed […]