LAC 48:I.10905. Division of Policy, Planning and Evaluation Implementation Activities

A. To assure that 100 percent of the applications for capital expenditure which are recommended for approval under §1122 are consistent with the criteria and standards in the State Health Plan, including the priority health care goals, in order to assure that unneeded health services and facilities are not approved. 1. Target completion date: June 30, 1987 2. Resource requirement: Approximately $429,000. B. To implement a three year plan development cycle which will include the following activities in FY 1986-87: 1. increase contact with DHHR and other state-level health provider agencies in order to facilitate communication of needed information and technical assistance on plan development activities; 2. complete development and establishment of a local health planning network and hold the first meeting of this group to request local health information for plan development; 3. provide technical assistance to the agencies in the network; 4. identify and update obsolete sections of the Plan (this activity will include input from activities a and b); 5. target completion date: June 30, 1987; 6. resource requirement: approximately $76,000. C. To implement a three year plan implementation cycle which will include the following activities in FY 1986-87: 1. increase contact with DHHR and other state level health provider agencies in order to coordinate implementation activities where needed, to monitor all such activities and to provide technical assistance on implementation; 2. utilize local health planning network to receive input on plan implementation in the local area; 3. provide technical assistance, coordinate where necessary, and monitor the implementation activities of the members of the local health planning network; 4. target completion date: June 30, 1987; 5. resource requirement: approximately $76,000. D. Identify necessary health planning data (health care trends and health indicators, etc.) and gather these data through all available sources: 1. target completion date: June 30, 1987; 2. resource requirement: approximately $53,500.