2015 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 - Public Health and Safety
RS 40:2194.2 - Definitions
§2194.2. Definitions
As used in this Part, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Community-based provider" means a health care provider providing services primarily to persons living within forty miles of the provider.
(2) Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.
(3) "Department" means the Department of Health and Hospitals.
(4) "Indigent" means any person whose household income is one hundred eighty-five percent or less of the federal poverty level and who does not have medical insurance.
(5) "Low income person" means any person whose income is greater than one hundred eighty-five percent of the federal poverty level and who meets the established criteria for services based on a sliding fee schedule assignment.
(6) "Program" means the Community-based Health Care Program for indigent and low income persons.
(7) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals.
Acts 1991, No. 600, §1; Acts 1991, No. 658, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.
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