Rs 40 1248 1

RS 40:1248.1 - Definitions As used in this Subpart, the following terms have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section: (1) 'Department' means the Louisiana Department of Health. (2) 'Governmental institutional provider' means either of the following: (a) A nonstate governmental hospital, licensed in accordance with the Hospital Licensing Law, R.S. 40:2100 et seq., other than a rural hospital as defined in R.S. 40:1189.3. (b) A hospital included in the definition of public, nonrural community hospital as defined in the Louisiana Medicaid State Plan. (3) 'Institutional provider' means a nongovernmental hospital licensed in accordance with the Hospital Licensing Law, R.S. 40:2100 et seq. (4) 'Paying hospital' means an institutional provider required by the provisions of this Subpart to make a local hospital assessment payment. (5) 'Program' means the local healthcare provider participation program authorized by this Subpart. (6) 'Rural institutional provider' means a hospital, other than one defined in R.S. 40:1189.3, that is licensed by the department, has no more than sixty hospital beds on November 1, 2020, and meets any of the following criteria: (a) Is located in a

l, other than one defined in R.S. 40:1189.3, that is licensed by the department, has no more than sixty hospital beds on November 1, 2020, and meets any of the following criteria: (a) Is located in a municipality with a population of not less than seven thousand persons and not more than seven thousand five hundred persons according to the most recent federal decennial census and in a parish with a population of not less than thirty thousand persons and not more than thirty-five thousand persons according to the most recent federal decennial census. (b) Is located in a municipality with a population of not less than ten thousand persons and not more than ten thousand five hundred persons according to the most recent federal decennial census and in a parish with a population of not less than eighty thousand persons and not more than ninety thousand persons according to the most recent federal decennial census. (c) Is located in a municipality with a population of not less than three thousand persons and not more than three thousand five hundred persons according to the most recent federal decennial census and in a parish with a population of not less than thirty thousand persons

thousand persons and not more than three thousand five hundred persons according to the most recent federal decennial census and in a parish with a population of not less than thirty thousand persons and not more than thirty-five thousand persons according to the most recent federal decennial census. Acts 2020, No. 330, §1.