re: Louisiana Politics at its best

This has been so misreported as to be basically the repetition of a lie. DHH does not evict people from nursing homes. Nursing homes are privately owned and only the owner of the facility can "evict." The actual term is "involuntarily discharge."

In order to involuntarily discharge a nursing home resident for non-payment of fees the facility has to give 30-day notice. That 30-day notice has to be mailed to the state Long-term Care Ombudsman. The LTC Ombudsman then sends the notice to a non-profit law firm in New Orleans called Advocacy Center. Advocacy Center files an appeal with DHH and then DHH automatically stays the discharge until the appeal is heard.

The appeal hearing is held and an administrative law judge invalidates the discharge and the nursing home is stuck with the resident, even though the applicable regulations allow the discharge in that circumstance.

So, TLDR, DHH notifies residents that their bills won't get paid and then prevents nursing homes from evicting the residents for not paying and then the nursing home provides free care at risk of losing their license.

As far as DHH is concerned, this solves the problem.