2021 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 40 - Public Health and Safety
§2194.2. Definitions
RS 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(2) Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.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 Louisiana Department of Health.
(4) "Indigent" means any person whose household income is one hundred eighty-five percent or less of the applicable federal poverty guideline as published in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services 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 applicable federal poverty guideline as published in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services 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 Louisiana Department of Health.
Acts 1991, No. 600, §1; Acts 1991, No. 658, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
