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urn: urn:us-la:rs:40:2231
citation: "R.S. 40:2231"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 40 › Chapter 12 › Part IV"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1995, number: 1212, section: 1, effective_date: 1995-06-29, role: enactment }
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# Definitions

For the purposes of this Part:

(1) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.

(2) "Enrollee" means any Medicaid recipient or indigent, uninsured, or underinsured person enrolled in a qualified plan for the provision of health care services whose enrollment costs are paid wholly or in part by the state under a federal waiver to the Medicaid program.

(3) "Qualified plan" means a basic benefits plan that may be established under a health maintenance organization, health insurance organization, or managed care organization that contracts with the state to provide or coordinate the provision of health care services to an enrollee.