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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 196
BY SENATOR MOUNT AND REPRESENTATI VE KATZ
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 46:1403(A)(2) and 1404(B) and to enact R.S. 46:1403(A)(11)2
and to repeal Chapter 15 of Title 46 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,3
comprised of R.S. 46:1451 through 1459, relative to child-placing agencies; to4
expand the definition of a child-placing agency; to provide for licensure of5
transitional youth residences as child-placing agencies; to provide an exemption to6
licensure of child-placing agencies operated by the Department of Social Services;7
and to provide for related matters.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 46:1403(A)(2) and 1404(B) are hereby amended and reenacted and10
R.S. 46:1403(A)(11) is hereby enacted to read as follows:11
§1403. Definitions12
A. As used in this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the13
context clearly states otherwise:14
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(2) "Child-placing agency" means any institution, society, agency,16
corporation, facility, person or persons, or any other group engaged in placing17
children in foster homes care or with substitute parents for temporary care or for18
adoption, or engaged in assisting or facilitating the adoption of children, or engaged19
in placing youth in transitional placing programs, but shall not mean a person20
who may occasionally refer children for temporary care.21
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(11) "Youth" means a person not less than sixteen years of age nor older23
than twenty-one years of age.24
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§1404. Requirement of licensure26
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B. The office of community services within the Department of Social1
Services shall be licensed by the office of family support within the Department of2
Social Services and shall perform its child-placing functions in accordance with the3
established standards or certifications for licensed child-placing agencies. Child-4
placing agencies within the Department of Social Services shall be exempt from5
the provisions of this Chapter. The department is authorized and mandated to6
perform its child-placing functions in accordance with the standards7
promulgated by the department for licensed child-placing agencies.8
Section 2. Chapter 15 of Title 46 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,9
comprised of R.S. 46:1451 through 1459, is hereby repealed in its entirety.10
Section 3. All transitional youth residences which were licensed on the effective date11
of this Act shall be issued licenses as child-placing agencies on the effective date of this Act.12
Section 4. This Act shall become effective on October 1, 2010.13
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: