RS 2125 - Age; continuation of assistance; discrimination
A. Assistance granted in this Part to an exceptional child may be continued until the exceptional person has reached the age of twenty-five years; however, assistance may be continued past age twenty-five if need for continuation of the residence location is necessary to the person's physical or emotional well-being, or both, and such necessity is so certified by appropriate professional authorities approved by the Louisiana Department of Health.
B. Such assistance shall not be provided where an institution or provider discriminates against those seeking services provided herein on the basis of race, color, creed, disability, as defined in R.S. 51:2232, or national origin.
Acts 1981, No. 673, §1; Acts 1993, No. 820, §7.