Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 40, § 2103. Date licenses must be obtained; moratorium on licensure of long-term care hospitals and beds

C. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Louisiana Department of Health shall implement a moratorium, effective August 1, 1997, on the licensure of long-term care hospital facilities and beds in long-term care hospital facilities. The Louisiana Department of Health shall not approve for licensure as a hospital and enrollment as a Medicaid provider any long-term care hospital facility, as defined in 42 CFR 412.23, nor shall it approve for licensure and enrollment as a Medicaid provider any bed in such a facility, until July 1, 2008.

(2) This moratorium shall not apply to facilities licensed and converted to long-term care hospital facilities prior to December 1, 1997, or to Louisiana entities that, prior to July 1, 1997, have filed an application for accreditation with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations for facilities leased from a major teaching hospital, and have given notice to the Louisiana Department of Health of their intention to obtain long-term care hospital status for such hospital facilities.

(3) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the legislature specifically intends that this moratorium shall not apply to the facility in Orleans Parish formerly known as New Orleans General Hospital. Further, to the extent permitted by federal law this moratorium shall apply only to facilities enrolled in the Medicaid program.