La. Admin. Code tit. 50 § XV-10505

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XV-10505 - Staff Education and Experience

A. Each Medicaid-enrolled agency shall ensure that all staff providing case management services meet the qualifications required in this §10701 prior to assuming any full caseload responsibilities.

B. Case managers hired or promoted on or after the effective date of this rule revision shall meet the following criteria for education and experience qualifications:

1. a bachelor's degree or master's degree in social work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education; or

2. a currently licensed registered nurse (RN); or

3. a bachelor's or master's degree in a human service related field which includes psychology education, counseling, social services, sociology, philosophy, family and consumer sciences, criminal justice, rehabilitation services, child development, substance abuse, gerontology, and vocational rehabilitation; or

4. a bachelor's degree in liberal arts or general studies with a concentration of at least 16 hours in one of the fields listed in accordance with §10505.B 3; or

5. a bachelor's or master's degree in a field other than listed above, if approved by OCDD and the Bureau of Health Services Financing (BHSF).

C. Case management supervisors hired or promoted on or after the effective date of this rule revision, shall meet the following criteria for education and experience:

1. a bachelor's or master's degree in social work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and two years of paid post degree experience in providing support coordination services; or

2. a currently licensed registered nurse (RN) with at least two years of paid nursing experience; or

3. a bachelor's or master's degree in a human service related field which includes psychology, education, counseling, social services, sociology, philosophy, family and consumer sciences, criminal justice, rehabilitation services, child development, substance abuse, gerontology, and vocational rehabilitation and two years of paid post degree experience in providing support coordination services; or

4. a bachelor's degree in liberal arts or general studies with a concentration of at least 16 hours in one of the fields listed in §10505.C.3 and two years of paid post degree experience in providing support coordination services; or

5. a bachelor's or master's degree in a field other than listed above, if approved by OCDD and BHSF.

D. Nurse Consultant. The nurse consultant shall meet the following educational qualifications:

1. be a licensed registered nurse with a bachelor's degree in nursing. No substitutions for the bachelor's degree in nursing is allowed; and

2. have at least one year of paid experience as a registered nurse in a public health or human service field providing direct recipient services or case management.

La. Admin. Code tit. 50, § XV-10505

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Family Security, LR 12:834 (December 1986) amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 23:732 (June 1997) repealed and promulgated LR 25:1251 (July 1999), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Community Supports and Services, LR 29:38 (January 2003), repromulgated for inclusion in LAC, LR 30:1038 (May 2004), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 32:1608 (September 2006), amended LR 34:663 (April 2008), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 40:1700, 1701 (September 2014), Amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, LR 471127 (8/1/2021), Amended LR 492110 (12/1/2023).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.