Emergency Rule 46 - Medical Surge-Related Patient Transfers in Louisiana during the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

The record

Jurisdiction

Louisiana

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

La. R.S. 22:11(A), 22:1019.2; La. R.S. 49:950 et seq.

Issued

2021-08-12 Aug. 12, 2021

Effective

2021-08-09 12:01 a.m. (read as 2021-08-09)

End

Emergency rule term (120 days) unless earlier rescinded (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Aug. 9, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care ordersOther

Addressees

• every HMO, MCO, PPO, PBM and TPA acting for a health insurance issuer in Louisiana
• acute care hospitals and step-down facilities

Functions reached

• IP inpatient surge and transfers
• IN insurers' network and coverage obligations
• CB patients and payers

Collection

Louisiana LA

Operative words

The benefits, entitlements and protections of Emergency Rule 46 shall be applicable to insureds... who, as of 12:01 a.m. on August 9, 2021 have a policy... § 5507. Limited Waiver A. In any parish or municipality in which daily inpatient bed occupancy at any acute care hospital exceeds 85 percent... [health insurance issuers must cover post-transfer care at step-down facilities]... Louisiana remains No. 1 nationwide for the numbers of new COVID-19 cases per capita... Six out of nine LDH regions have over 85% of their ICU beds full

Enforcement

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