RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 104 (HB 246) 2016 Regular Session Adams
Existing law requires a coroner or person performing the duties of coroner to present a report
to the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections and to the La. Hwy. Safety Commission
regarding the death of any person as a result of an accident involving a motor vehicle and the
circumstances surrounding the death.
Prior law required the report to be presented within five days.
New law changes prior law by increasing the time period for reporting from five days to 60
days. New law also modifies prior law by replacing the word "accident" with "collision".
Prior law required every hospital to notify the coroner of the parish in which it is located of
any death occurring in the hospital resulting from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle
accident.
New law removes this prior law notification requirement.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Amends R.S. 32:398(H))