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LA HR256
Resolution
Status
6/11/2025
Primary Sponsor
Rodney Lyons
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AI Summary
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Urges the Louisiana Department of Health to authorize nonemergency, non-ambulance medical transportation (NEMT) providers to serve Medicaid enrollees statewide, regardless of the enrollee's region of residence
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Addresses access gaps for Medicaid enrollees with specialized medical needs who live outside NEMT service regions and currently cannot access needed treatments
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Requires LDH to submit a report containing a vetted, updated list of active NEMT providers in the state
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Directs LDH to disregard the prohibition on out-of-region NEMT providers serving enrollees when a willing provider is available, superseding guidance from House Resolution 68 of 2020
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Resolution to be transmitted to the LDH secretary, state surgeon general, and executive director of the Louisiana Medicaid Managed Care Organization Association
Legislative Description
Requests the La. Dept. of Health modify regulations related to the nonemergency, non-ambulance medical transportation component of the Medicaid manged care program
MEDICAID MANAGED CARE
Last Action
Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
6/13/2025