RS 46:460.53

§460.53. Contract amendments; public notice A. The department, prior to executing any amendment to a professional, personal, consulting, or social services contract that provides for managed care under the Louisiana Medical Assistance Program through the use of a managed care organization, primary care case management, prepaid inpatient health plan, or prepaid ambulatory health plan, all as defined in 42 CFR 438.2, shall publish on a publicly accessible page of the department's website a copy of the entire proposed contract amendment and provide a public comment period of no less than thirty days. B. If the department finds that an imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare requires immediate execution of a proposed contract amendment without otherwise publishing the proposed contract amendment as required in Subsection A of this Section, the department may execute the proposed contract amendment upon publishing a copy of the contract amendment and a written statement that details the reason for finding that an imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare requires adoption of the executed amendment. Acts 2019, No. 319, §1.