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Dear Representative Clarkson:

This office is in receipt of your letter dated June 5, 1998 wherein you have requested an Attorney General Opinion regarding the following question:

Whether language submitted as a revision to a proposed rule subsequent to publication of a notice of intent by the Department of Health and Hospitals on January 20, 1998 constitutes a substantive change requiring a public hearing pursuant to the provisions of La. R.S. 49:968 H.(2).

Your request for an opinion focuses on particular language regarding a $20,000 line of credit required of prospective providers of MHR…