The bill, designated as Act No. 417, enacts a new section, R.S. 46:460.77.4, which mandates the Louisiana Department of Health to reimburse Medicaid providers for specific behavioral health services, particularly mental health partial hospitalization program services provided at licensed freestanding inpatient psychiatric hospitals. The reimbursement rate is set at one hundred percent of the Medicare rates, contingent upon approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Additionally, the implementation of this reimbursement provision is dependent on the appropriation of funds by the legislature or upon notification from the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget that available funds have been identified within the department's existing budget authority. The act is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2025, or the day following legislative approval if vetoed by the governor.