LAC 48:IX.705. Single Point of Entry

A. The OCDD has responsibility for programmatic leadership in the designing and developing of all developmental disabilities services pursuant to agreements with the LGEs and OCDD contractors as statutorily constituted by state law and with public and private providers. Throughout this Rule, the term “entry unit” is used to describe the role of the LGEs and OCDD contractors in the OCDD system entry process. B. The local governing entities (LGEs) are the Metropolitan Human Services District, the Capital Area Human Services District, the South Central Human Services Authority, the Acadiana Area Human Services Authority, the Imperial Calcasieu Human Services Authority, the Central Louisiana Human Services District, the Northwest Louisiana Human Services District, the Northeast Delta Human Services Authority, the Florida Parishes Human Services Authority and the Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority: 1. Metropolitan Human Services District—Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes; 2. Capital Area Human Services DistrictAscension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Point Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes; 3. South Central Human Services Authority—Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St James, St. John, Terrebonne, and St Mary parishes; 4. Acadiana Area Human Services District—Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, and Vermilion parishes; 5. Imperial Calcasieu Human Services Authority—Allen, Beauregard, Cameron, Calcasieu, and Jefferson Davis parishes; 6. Central Louisiana Human Services Authority—Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Rapides, Vernon, and Winn parishes; 7. Northwest Louisiana Human Services District—Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, and Webster parishes; 8. Northeast Delta Human Services Authority—Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Tensas, Union, and West Carroll parishes; 9. Florida Parishes Human Services Authority—Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes; and 10. Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority—Jefferson Parish.