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HB 381 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Havard
Abstract: Renames the East Louisiana State Hospital at Jackson as the Warren Taylor Price, Jr.
State Hospital.
Present law provides that the hospital at Jackson, known as the East Louisiana State Hospital, the
hospital at Pineville, known as the Central Louisiana State Hospital, and the hospital at Mandeville,
known as the Southeast Louisiana Hospital, are designated as the hospitals for persons with mental
illness and addictive disorders until such time as separate or other hospitals are established.
Proposed law retains present law but renames the East Louisiana State Hospital as the Warren Taylor
Price, Jr. State Hospital.
Proposed law changes references in present law from the East Louisiana State Hospital to the Warren
Taylor Price, Jr. State Hospital.
Proposed law directs the La. State Law Institute to change all references in present law from the East
Louisiana State Hospital to the Warren Taylor Price, Jr. State Hospital.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 17:1607, R.S. 28:21(A), 22.7(A), and 25.1(A), R.S. 36:259(C)(10), and R.S.
40:2142(A))