La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-2713

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section I-2713 - Reallocation of Resources/Staff and Financial Agreements

A. For FY02/03, DHH agrees to transfer financial resources in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to the direction and management of CAHSD. The financial resources will be adjusted based upon the final appropriation for CAHSD.

B. CAHSD will submit to DHH an annual budget request for funding of the cost for providing the services and programs for which CAHSD is responsible. The format for such request shall be consistent with that required by the DOA and DHH. The request shall conform with the time frame established by DHH. The CAHSD Executive Director will submit new and expanded program requests to the Office of the Secretary prior to submission to DOA.

C. CAHSD shall operate within its budget allocation and report budget expenditures to DHH.

D. Revisions of the budget may be made upon written consent between CAHSD and DHH and, as appropriate, through the Legislative Budget Committee's BA-7 process. In the event any additional funding is appropriated and received by DHH that affects any budget categories for the direction, operation, and management of the programs of mental health, mental retardation/developmental disabilities, addictive disorders services, and public health, and related activities for any other such DHH entities or regions, CAHSD will receive additional funds on the same basis as other program offices. In the event of a budget reduction, CAHSD will receive a proportionate reduction in its budget.

E. CAHSD shall bill DHH agencies for services they provide in a timely manner.

F. CAHSD shall not bill any DHH agency more than is shown in Attachment 1 of the MOU.

G. CAHSD shall assume all financial assets and/or liabilities associated with the programs transferred.

H. CAHSD shall be responsible for repayment of any funds received which are determined ineligible and subsequently disallowed.

I. DHH shall continue to provide to CAHSD certain support services from the Office of the Secretary and from the Office of Management and Finance which are available to the regional program offices of OCDD, OMH, OAD, and OPH. The services CAHSD will continue to receive, at the level provided to other regions are: Communications and Inquiry; Internal Audit; Fiscal Management; Information Services; Facility Management; Lease Management; and Research and Development.

J. Any increases from OAD must comply with the resource allocation law and CAHSD will participate in cost benefit analysis and outcome.

K. CAHSD will comply with the resource allocation formula and adjustments in the funding for CAHSD may be made according to this formula.

L. If the implementation of the area structure changes the means of financing in a way that would negatively impact total funds received by CAHSD for mental health services, OMH will structurally guarantee the ability to bill for/collect funds for the services provided, or fund the district in the amount the total CAHSD/OMH portion of its budget will not be decreased from what would be allocated or collected by the other regions.

M. Funding for all medications needed by OMH forensic clients, (except those originally residing within the CAHSD region) who are released from the hospital into forensic community-based beds within CAHSD, shall be provided to CAHSD through this MOU. Funds will be based on average cost for annual number of clients, and OMH Forensic and CAHSD staff shall coordinate the verification of clients served and the cost of medications provided.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-2713

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, LR 24:950 (May 1998), amended LR 25:668 (April 1999), LR 28:1595 (July 2002), LR 29:1095 (July 2003).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 46:2661.