§2009.45. Personal needs allowance

            A. The Louisiana Department of Health shall set the monthly personal needs allowance for an institutionalized individual to an amount not less than fifty dollars and the monthly personal needs allowance for an institutionalized couple to an amount not less than one hundred dollars.

            B. The Louisiana Department of Health may submit a waiver or a state plan amendment to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in order to secure federal financial participation for the provisions of this Section.

            Acts 2025, No. 259, §1, eff. June 11, 2025.