The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) seeks information from qualified private sector providers who are interested in providing 24/7 services for a highly secure, already licensed, Joint Commission (TJC) accredited, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Certified Psychiatric Hospital(s) with a minimum of 60 licensed inpatient hospital beds for the Severely/Persistently Mentally Ill adult population in the State of Louisiana in each of the nine (9) LDH Regions. The Louisiana Department of Health reserves the right to increase (or decrease) the number of beds upon mutual consent of the parties entering into those agreements, and pursuant to a formal written amendment to be signed by both contracting parties. These hospital services will be provided at the service provider’s existing licensed location(s), or other such location(s) approved by LDH in its sole discretion. LDH is seeking already existing certified, accredited and licensed inpatient hospital facilities that can accept a minimum 60 inpatient beds each, or facilities that have the ability to become licensed within 6 months of contract execution with subsequent accreditation and certification. The population served is those who are forensically involved, may involve challenging behaviors, and who have been civilly committed subsequent to being found un-restorably incompetent to proceed to trial by a court of law, in accordance with Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Article 648B(3). The hospital will provide services only to those patients referred to it from OBH/ELMHS.
