LAC 50:XXII.6101. Purpose

A. The Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office of Behavioral Health hereby implement a section 1115(a) demonstration waiver called the Healthy Louisiana Opioid Use Disorder/Substance Use Disorder (OUD/SUD) Waiver which is designed to maintain critical access to OUD/SUD services and continue delivery system improvements for these services to provide more coordinated and comprehensive OUD/SUD treatment for Medicaid recipients. This demonstration waiver provides the state with the authority to provide high-quality, clinically appropriate OUD/SUD treatment services for residents in residential and inpatient treatment settings that qualify as an institution for mental disease (IMD). B. The Healthy Louisiana OUD/SUD Waiver is a 59-month demonstration project which was approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) effective February 1, 2018 and will span five years, through December 31, 2022. Louisiana may request an extension of this demonstration project through CMS prior to the expiration date.