2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 40:2142 — Geriatric hospitals and units

§2142.  Geriatric hospitals and units

A.  The department may establish and administer geriatric hospitals or units to receive and care for elderly and infirm persons who have been discharged by a hospital for the mentally ill and for other elderly and infirm persons who are in need of nursing and medical care.  Such hospitals or units may be established on sites designated by the department in quarters constructed or designated by the department, provided that no such geriatric hospital or unit may be established on any site located more than five air miles from the administrative office of East Louisiana State Hospital or more than one air mile from the administrative office of Central Louisiana State Hospital.

B.  Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the department from establishing a geriatric hospital located in the present Ward 14 of Orleans Parish.

C.  Persons admitted to such geriatric hospitals or units or their responsible relatives shall pay the cost of their maintenance and care.

D.  The Villa Feliciana Medical Complex located at Jackson, Louisiana, shall be administered by the department.

Acts 1977, No. 680, §71.  Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1979, No. 763, §2; Acts 1987, No. 617, §2; Acts 1997, No. 641, §3.