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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE BILL NO. 114
BY SENATOR MARTINY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CORONERS. Provides relative to protective custody orders in Jefferson Parish. (8/1/13)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 28:53.3, relative to coroners; to provide relative to protective custody orders2
executed in Jefferson Parish by video conferencing; to require the signature of the3
affiant to be witnessed on the video; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 28:53.3 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง53.3. Order for custody; grounds; teleconference; Jefferson Parish7
Any parish coroner or judge of a court of competent jurisdiction may8
order a person to be taken into protective custody and transported to a9
treatment facility or to the office of the coroner for immediate examination10
when a peace officer or other credible person executes a statement under11
private signature specifying that, to the best of his knowledge and belief and12
personal observations, the person is mentally ill or suffering from substance13
abuse and is in need of immediate treatment to protect the person or others14
from physical harm. The statement may be made by video conference with the15
coroner's office if the affiant is physically located in the city of Kenner or the16
towns of Jean Lafitte or Grand Isle and the signature of the affiant is witnessed17 SB NO. 114
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on the video and immediately faxed to the coroner's office at the conclusion of1
the interview.2
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Cathy R. Wells.
DIGEST
Present law authorizes any parish coroner or judge of a court of competent jurisdiction to
order a person to be taken into protective custody and transported to a treatment facility or
to the office of the coroner for immediate examination when a peace officer or other credible
person executes a statement under private signature specifying that, to the best of his
knowledge and belief and personal observations, the person is mentally ill or suffering from
substance abuse and is in need of immediate treatment to protect the person or others from
physical harm.
Proposed law retains present law and further authorizes the statement to be made by video
conferencing if the affiant is located in Kenner, Jean Lafitte, or Grand Isle and the signature
of the affiant is witnessed on the video and immediately faxed to the coroner's office at the
conclusion of the interview.
Effective Aug. 1, 2013.
(Adds R.S. 28:53.3)