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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 35
BY SENATOR MORRISH
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Repeals certain accreditation requirements for facilities
providing housing or temporary residence to individuals referred by judicial agencies.
(8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To repeal R.S. 40:2852(D), relative to judicial agency referral residential facilities; to repeal2
the accreditation requirement; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 40:2852(D) is hereby repealed.5
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Cathy Wells.
DIGEST
Present law requires that any facility, including pretrial diversion facilities, not otherwise
required to be licensed by DHH or DCFS, that provides housing or temporary residence for
individuals who have been arrested for the commission of a crime and who are referred by
any judicial agency be:
(1)Regulated by rules adopted and enforced by DPS&C for the operation of such
facilities.
(2) Inspected and certified by DPS&C prior to providing housing or temporary residence
to any individual.
(3) Accredited by the American Correctional Association (ACA) within 24 months of
opening as a judicial agency referral residential facility and maintain such
accreditation by the ACA at all times thereafter.
Proposed law repeals the accreditation requirement by the ACA. SB NO. 35
SLS 14RS-161 ORIGINAL
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Effective August 1, 2014.
(Repeals R.S. 40:2852(D))