The original instrument was prepared by Angela Lockett De Jean. The following
digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was prepared
by Laura Gail Sullivan.
DIGEST
SB 236 Reengrossed 2016 Regular Session Barrow
Present law provides that upon admission of any person by emergency certificate to a treatment
facility, the director of the treatment facility shall immediately notify the coroner of the parish in
which the treatment facility is located of the admission, giving certain information as provided in
present law, if known.
Present law, relative to St. Tammany Parish, provides, among other requirements, the following shall
apply when a patient is transferred from another parish pursuant to an emergency certificate:
(1)The coroner shall be notified immediately following the execution of a second emergency
certificate and shall conduct an independent examination within 72 hours as provided in
present law.
(2)Nothing in present law shall be construed to authorize a period of commitment to exceed 15
days from the date and time the initial emergency certificate was executed in the parish of
origin.
Proposed law retains present law for St. Tammany Parish and applies these provisions of present law
to the parishes of East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Orleans, and Ouachita.
Present law, relative to St. Tammany Parish, provides that when a patient is transferred from another
parish pursuant to an emergency certificate, a second physician's emergency certificate may be
executed by a physician at the admitting facility.
Proposed law, applicable to the parishes of East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Orleans, Ouachita, and St.
Tammany, provides that when a patient is transferred from another parish pursuant to an emergency
certificate, when appropriate, a second physician's emergency certificate shall be executed by a
physician at the admitting facility.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Amends R.S. 28:53(G)(7)(c)(i); adds R.S. 28:53(G)(8))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to the
original bill 1. Proposed law relative to emergency certificates issued for patients transferred from
another parish applies to East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Orleans and Ouachita, in
addition to St. Tammany to clarify that a second physician’s emergency certificate
shall be executed by a physician at the admitting facility when appropriate.
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill
1. Makes technical changes.