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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 96
BY SENATOR MORRISH
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2852, relative to judicial agency referral residential facilities;2
to provide for inspection and certification of judicial agency referral residential3
facilities; to provide for accreditation; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 40:2852 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง2852. Facilities providing housing or temporary residence to individuals referred7
by judicial agencies8
A. Any facility, including pretrial diversion facilities, not otherwise required9
to be licensed by the Department of Health and Hospitals or the Department of10
Social Services, that provides housing or temporary residence for individuals who11
have been arrested for the commission of a crime and who are referred by any12
judicial agency, including the District Attorney's office, shall be regulated by rules13
adopted and enforced by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for the14
operation of such facilities.15
B. The rules shall include, but not be limited to, providing for the16
construction, standards of operation, and services provided for such facilities. All17
rules shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.18
C. No facility shall provide housing or temporary residence to any individual19
and no judicial agency shall refer any individual to a facility providing housing or20
temporary residence until the Department of Public Safety and Corrections has21
adopted rules and has inspected the facility and certified that the facility is in22
compliance with such rules as provided for by this Section.23
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D. All rules shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative1
Procedure Act, and all facilities shall be accredited by the American Correctional2
Association within eighteen twenty-four months of opening as a judicial agency3
referral residential facility and shall maintain accreditation by the American4
Correctional Association at all times thereafter.5
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: