LGBTQ-Friendly Rehab in Louisiana

Treatment rules and programs in Louisiana

Who oversees treatment

The Health Standards Section of the Louisiana Department of Health licenses behavioral health service providers, including substance use treatment programs.

Prescription monitoring

The Louisiana Prescription Monitoring Program is operated by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy under authority created by the Legislature in 2006. It tracks controlled substances dispensed in or into the state to help curb diversion.

Public coverage for treatment

Louisiana Medicaid, known to enrollees as Healthy Louisiana, covers medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders under its state plan.

Overdose Good Samaritan law

Louisiana's overdose Good Samaritan law, La. R.S. 14:403.10, protects a person who acts in good faith to get help for an overdose from charges and prosecution for possessing a controlled substance.

Court-ordered treatment

Louisiana law (La. R.S. 28:53) allows emergency admission by certificate of a person with a substance-related or addictive disorder who is dangerous to self or others or gravely disabled, and longer stays require judicial commitment under R.S. 28:54.

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Being able to be yourself in treatment

Treatment works best when you can talk honestly about your life: your partner, your family, your gender, where and why you use. In a program that runs an LGBTQ group, those conversations are expected rather than awkward. Ask any program how staff are trained and how they handle names, pronouns and rooming.

See questions to ask an LGBTQ rehab before you commit.

What "LGBTQ-friendly" should mean

Friendly should mean more than a rainbow logo. Look for an actual LGBTQ group, staff training, inclusive intake forms with space for your name and pronouns, and policies against harassment from other clients.

LGBTQ-Friendly Rehab by city in Louisiana

Smaller towns are covered on the page for their nearest larger city.

• New Orleans
• Baton Rouge
• Shreveport
• Lafayette
• Lake Charles
• Metairie
• Houma
• Monroe
• Mandeville
• Slidell
• Alexandria
• Hammond
• Bossier City
• Kenner
• Prairieville
• Marrero
• Central
• Laplace
• New Iberia
• Morgan City
• Ruston
• Terrytown
• Opelousas
• Chalmette
• Harvey
• Shenandoah
• Bayou Cane
• Sulphur
• Abbeville
• Natchitoches
• Breaux Bridge
• Estelle
• Zachary
• Gretna
• Donaldsonville
• Youngsville
• Thibodaux
• Crowley
• Pineville
• Luling
• Belle Chasse
• Gramercy
• DeRidder
• River Ridge
• Baker
• Franklin
• Broussard
• Bastrop
• West Monroe
• Minden
• Claiborne
• Bogalusa
• Bayou Blue
• Destrehan
• Gardere
• Eunice
• Moss Bluff
• Gonzales
• Raceland
• Covington
• Jefferson
• Woodmere
• Waggaman
• Denham Springs
• Tallulah
• Leesville
• New Roads
• Ferriday

Insurance and cost

Federal parity rules generally require health plans that cover substance use treatment to cover it on terms comparable to other medical care. Your cost depends on your plan, deductible and the program's network status, so verify benefits first. Our insurance guides explain how major carriers handle rehab.

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