Bill > HB760

This bill enacts a new law, R.S. 46:440.3, to prevent healthcare providers enrolled in Louisiana's medical assistance programs (like Medicaid) from charging unauthorized fees or co-payments to patients for covered services related to medication-assisted treatment when a prescription is issued. Essentially, if a provider accepts a patient covered by these programs for such treatment, they must accept the program's payment as full payment and cannot bill the patient extra unless the program explicitly allows it. Violating this rule could lead to the provider being removed from the medical assistance programs for up to a year, as decided by the Louisiana Department of Health.