Louisiana R.S. 40:2155 requires all behavioral health services providers to obtain a state license before establishing or operating, and prohibits Medicaid reimbursement without licensure. Each license is location-specific, valid for twelve months, non-transferable, and must be posted on the licensed premises. The license must enumerate the specific types or modules of behavioral health services the provider is authorized to deliver.
View official sourceLogin Sign-Up Home Laws Bills Sessions House Senate Committees Legislators My Legis 2026 Regular Session Other Sessions 2026 Regular Session Other Sessions House Committees Senate Committees Miscellaneous Committees Scheduled Meetings Representatives Senators Caucuses and Delegations RS 40:2155 §2155. Licensure of behavioral health services providers A. All behavioral health services providers shall be licensed. No facility, agency, institution, person, society, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, group, or other legal entity providing behavioral health services may be established, operated, or reimbursed under the Medicaid program unless licensed as a behavioral health services provider to perform such care by the department. B.(1) A license issued to a behavioral health services provider shall be valid for only one geographic location and shall be issued only for the person and premises named in the license application. (2) The geographic service location for a public or private behavioral health services provider licensed pursuant to this Part shall be defined to include all of the following: (a) The parish in which the provider's business office is located. (b) Any parish contiguous to the parish in which the provider's business office is located. (c) Any location within a fifty-mile radius of the provider's business office. (3) A behavioral health service provider may operate within a fifty-mile radius of one designated offsite location. (4) A licensed mental health professional or a provisionally licensed mental health professional acting within his scope of practice, who is employed by a behavioral health service provider licensed pursuant to this Part, may provide professional outpatient psychiatric services to any established client or patient, regardless of the client's or patient's particular location within the state. C. A license pursuant to this Part shall be valid for twelve months, beginning the month of issuance, unless revoked or otherwise suspended prior to that date. D. A license issued pursuant to this Part shall be on a form prescribed by the department. E. A license pursuant to this Part shall not be transferrable or assignable. F. A license issued to a behavioral health services provider shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. G. A license issued to a behavioral health services provider shall list the types or modules of behavioral health services that the provider is licensed to provide. Acts 2013, No. 308, §1, eff. June 17, 2013; Acts 2021, No. 372, §2; Acts 2022, No. 344, §1; Acts 2022, No. 390, §1. If you experience any technical difficulties navigating this website, contact the webmaster. P.O. Box 94062 (900 North Third Street) Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9062