IntroductionBackground • December 20th, 2019
Contract Type FiledDecember 20th, 2019In June, 2018, Louisiana entered into an Agreement to Resolve with the U.S. Department of Justice. The Target Population covered under the agreement consisted of adult Medicaid recipients (over the age of 18) with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) living in nursing homes or at risk of nursing home placement. The Agreement requires the State to transition and divert members of the Target Population from nursing homes, and requires development of affordable, community-integrated housing resources to facilitate transition and diversion.