§28:201. Transfer of administration
RS 28:201 – Transfer of administration The department may continue to administer any such existing clinics, but its primary endeavor shall be to transfer responsibility for the administration of existing facilities or facilities that may hereafter be created to local associations, nonprofit corporations, police juries, school boards, municipalities, or other public agencies that have demonstrated […]
§28:202. Lease of land, buildings, and equipment
RS 28:202 – Lease of land, buildings, and equipment The department may lease to responsible local organizations or to the governing bodies of local public agencies any state-owned land, buildings, and equipment designed for or being operated as a behavioral health clinic. Acts 1978, No. 786, §3, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 2014, No. 811, […]
§28:203. Standards of operation and maintenance; enforcement; entry and inspection
RS 28:203 – Standards of operation and maintenance; enforcement; entry and inspection The department shall adopt standards of operation and maintenance of behavioral health centers and facilities for persons with developmental disabilities and the secretary shall enforce such rules and regulations as provided in R.S. 40:2017.7. The department shall have the right to enter upon […]
§28:204. Contracts
RS 28:204 – Contracts The department may contract with local voluntary associations, nonprofit corporations, police juries, school boards, municipalities, or other public agencies providing for the administration of such centers by the contracting local authority out of any funds, including local, state, and federal funds or a combination thereof made available for the operation and […]
§28:205. Allocation of funds
RS 28:205 – Allocation of funds The department shall have final authority in determining the percentage not to exceed seventy-five percent of state and federal funds or either that may be allotted to any community behavioral health center as contemplated by R.S. 28:204 but the allocation may be cancelled at any time the department finds […]
§28:206. Continuum of care for the emotionally and behaviorally disturbed; statement of policy; determination of need and site
RS 28:206 – Continuum of care for the emotionally and behaviorally disturbed; statement of policy; determination of need and site A. It is hereby declared to be the responsibility of the Louisiana Department of Health to promote the establishment of a continuum of care to house emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children and adults. This continuum […]
§28:171. Enumerations of rights guaranteed
RS 28:171 – Enumerations of rights guaranteed A. No patient in a treatment facility pursuant to this Chapter shall be deprived of any rights, benefits, or privileges guaranteed by law, the Constitution of the state of Louisiana, or the Constitution of the United States solely because of his status as a patient in a treatment […]
§28:211.
RS 28:211 – RS 28:211 – Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 811, §34, eff. June 23, 2014.
§28:171.1. Principles for the behavioral health system
RS 28:171.1 – Principles for the behavioral health system The department and any entity which receives funding through a state contract to provide services to persons with needs relating to behavioral health, as defined in R.S. 28:2, shall provide, to the maximum extent possible, behavioral health treatment, services, and supports which are consistent with the […]
§28:212. REPEALED BY ACTS 1989, NO. 662, §8, EFF. JULY 7, 1989.
RS 28:212 – REPEALED BY ACTS 1989, NO. 662, §8, EFF. JULY 7, 1989.