HLS 12RS-1117 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 370
BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS: Authorizes a district attorney to convene a multidisciplinary
team in cases of prenatal addiction
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 40:1094, relative to prenatal addiction; to provide for the convening of a2
multidisciplinary team by a district attorney regarding the disposition of cases3
involving pregnant women who are abusing or addicted to alcohol or controlled4
dangerous substances; to provide for the makeup of the multidisciplinary team; to5
provide for definitions; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 40:1094 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง1094. Prenatal addiction; district attorney multidisciplinary team9
A. A district attorney may convene a multidisciplinary team to assist in10
making a determination of the appropriate disposition of a case where a pregnant11
woman is abusing or is addicted to controlled dangerous substances or alcohol to the12
extent that the unborn child is at risk of harm.13
B. The multidisciplinary team shall include at least one person with training14
and experience in the treatment of addiction.15
C. As used in this Section, "appropriate disposition" may include but shall16
not be limited to filing a petition for involuntary commitment as provided for in R.S.17
28:53 and 53.2 to a public facility or a private facility willing to accept the pregnant18
woman for treatment.19 HLS 12RS-1117 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 370
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Hoffmann HB No. 370
Abstract: Authorizes a district attorney to convene a multidisciplinary team regarding
cases of pregnant women who are abusing alcohol and drugs.
Proposed law provides that a district attorney may convene a multidisciplinary team to assist
in making a determination of the appropriate disposition of a case where a pregnant woman
is abusing or is addicted to controlled dangerous substances or alcohol to the extent that the
unborn child is at risk of harm. Requires at least one member of the team to have training
and experience in the treatment of addiction.
Proposed law provides that "appropriate disposition" shall include the filing of a petition for
involuntary commitment as provided for in present law.
(Adds R.S. 40:1094)