2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 40:2120.2 — Definitions
§2120.2. Definitions
As used in this Part:
(1) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.
(2) "Financial viability" means that the provider seeking licensure is able to provide one of the following:
(a) Verification of sufficient assets equal to one hundred thousand dollars or the cost of three months of operation, whichever is less.
(b) A letter of credit equal to one hundred thousand dollars or the cost of three months of operation, whichever is less.
(3) "Infirm elderly" means an individual sixty years of age or older who requires continuous care and supervision due to the infirmities of old age. Out-of-home services for the elderly are restricted to no less than twenty-four hours and no more than five days per visit.
(4) "Personal care attendant services" means services required by a person with a disability to do any one or more of the following:
(a) Become physically independent.
(b) Remain in the community.
(c) Return to the community.
(5) "Personal care attendant services agency" means an agency, institution, society, corporation, person or persons, or any other group licensed as a personal care attendant service agency by the Department of Health and Hospitals.
(6) "Respite care services" means the temporary care and supervision of a person with a disability or an infirm elderly person so that the primary caregiver can be relieved of such duties. Such services may be performed either in the home of the person with a disability or infirm elderly person or in a facility owned by the respite care services agency.
(7) "Respite care services agency" means any agency, institution, society, corporation, person or persons, or any other group licensed as a respite care service agency.
(8) "Supervised independent living program" means a program assisting mentally ill, mentally retarded, or developmentally disabled individuals living in congregate or individual apartments by providing necessary training and social and medical services to enable them to live as independently as possible in the community.
Acts 2005, No. 483, §1, eff. July 12, 2005.
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