§447.4. Inpatient treatment following a perinatal psychiatric diagnosis; Medicaid

            A. Medicaid managed care organizations shall provide coverage for voluntary inpatient treatment for a Medicaid recipient with a perinatal psychiatric diagnosis. Inpatient admissions, including overnight stays, and medications resulting from treatments, including infusions and prescriptions, and counseling shall be covered services.

            B. All decisions regarding voluntary inpatient treatment following a perinatal psychiatric diagnosis shall be made solely by an attending physician, physician assistant, psychiatrist, psychologist, medical psychologist, or nurse practitioner in consultation with the patient.

            C. Any voluntary admission covered by this Section shall be in accordance with R.S. 28:52.

            D. For purposes of this Section, "perinatal psychiatric diagnosis" means a psychiatric disorder requiring inpatient treatment during pregnancy through one year postpartum, which includes one year after a pregnancy loss.

            E. The implementation of the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the appropriation of funds by the legislature for this purpose.

            F. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the Louisiana Medicaid Program from establishing criteria for payment of covered Medicaid services, including criteria for medical necessity.

            Acts 2025, No. 410, §2.