Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 40, § 2115.1. Review of standards for licensed psychiatric hospitals and residential substance abuse facilities

(1) Evaluate the current standards for psychiatric hospitals and residential substance abuse facilities and make recommendations to the legislature for new or revised standards to improve health outcomes and to provide for increased accountability.

(2) Explore potential value-based financial incentives for Medicaid-enrolled psychiatric hospitals that sustain or exceed quality of care criteria.

(3) Conduct a review and evaluation of the standards for psychiatric hospitals and residential substance abuse facilities in this state and submit a report of its findings to the House and Senate committees on health and welfare. The report shall contain recommendations for new or revised standards to improve health outcomes and provide increased accountability and also an evaluation and recommendations of accreditation requirements for psychiatric hospitals and residential substance abuse facilities in this state.

(4) Explore potential value-based financial incentives for Medicaid-enrolled psychiatric hospitals that sustain or exceed quality of care criteria. Data, information, and recommendations on such potential value-based financial incentives and quality of care criteria shall be included in the report required by Paragraph (3) of this Subsection.

(1) “Department” means the Louisiana Department of Health.

(2) “Psychiatric hospital” means any freestanding inpatient psychiatric hospital licensed by the department.

(3) “Residential substance abuse facility” means any licensed behavioral health service provider with a residential substance use disorder treatment facility module.