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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 510
BY SENATOR DORSEY-COLOMB
SUBSTANCE ABUSE. Authorizes the Department of Health and Hospitals to develop a
voluntary testing program for offenders convicted of certain drug crimes. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 40:996, relative to public health; to authorize the Department of Health and2
Hospitals to develop a voluntary testing program for offenders convicted of certain3
drug crimes; to provide for the adoption of rules and regulations; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 40:996 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
The department may promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance8
with the Administrative Procedure Act, to authorize and establish a voluntary9
testing program for offenders convicted of a violation of the Uniform Controlled10
Dangerous Substances Law, in order to determine the effects upon brain11
development and function of environmental toxins, diet, and other potentially12
deleterious factors.13
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ducharme.
DIGEST
Proposed law provides that the Department of Health and Hospitals may adopt rules and SB NO. 510
SLS 12RS-11 ORIGINAL
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regulations, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, to authorize and establish
a voluntary testing program for offenders convicted of a violation of the Uniform Controlled
Dangerous Substances Law, in order to determine the effects upon brain development and
function of environmental toxins, diet, and other potentially deleterious factors.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Adds R.S. 40:996)