Advocacy
Louisiana's SUD treatment system is shaped in committee rooms, rate schedules, and managed care contracts. LATP makes sure providers are in all three conversations.
The method
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Members contribute standardized cost, staffing, and utilization data so proposals rest on evidence rather than anecdote.
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LATP reconciles member priorities into a single position — one ask, one set of numbers, one voice across the field.
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Testimony, bill tracking, agency comment, and direct engagement with legislators and Louisiana Department of Health leadership.
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Rate wins only matter if managed care plans and rules follow. LATP monitors implementation and escalates gaps.
Legislative record
2024
LATP championed facility-need review protections for residential substance use treatment providers — helping Louisiana grow capacity based on demonstrated need, sustainable access and quality of care.
Smart growth
Capacity tied to documented public need
Stable access
Less risk of destabilizing oversaturation
Quality focus
Supports sustainable staffing and care
Act 692/HB 374; LDH FNR
2023–2026
LATP elevated provider data, educated budget leaders and helped secure $40.7 million in additional combined state and federal appropriations supporting Medicaid SUD reimbursement.
Provider data
Cost and capacity evidence brought to budget leaders
Rate movement
Increases across IOP, residential, withdrawal management and methadone
Sustained effort
Wins across three consecutive budget cycles
Louisiana Medicaid SBH schedules (7/24/2023 and 7/1/2026); budget records
Current priorities
LATP's legislative agenda is set by members each session. Current focus areas include sustaining the 2026 rate structure, improving managed care contracting terms, protecting licensure standards, and maintaining dedicated state funding for SUD treatment capacity.
Session-specific bill tracking and position papers are distributed to members through the LATP advocacy briefings.
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