RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 298 (HB 238) 2017 Regular Session Billiot
Existing law authorizes the Dept. of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to certify in
writing to a licensing authority that a licensee is not in compliance with an order of support
for the suspension of the individual's license.
New law provides an exception to the requirement that the certification be in writing if
DCFS and the licensing authority agree that DCFS will transmit the certification in an
electronic format. Further authorizes DCFS to enter into an interagency agreement with a
licensing authority to facilitate the development, implementation, and use of a transmission
system.
Existing law requires DCFS to issue a compliance release certificate indicating that an
individual is eligible to have his license reissued at the request of a licensee who is in
subsequent compliance with an order of support.
New law requires the certificate to be in writing unless DCFS and the licensing authority
agree that DCFS will transmit the certification in an electronic format.
Effective August 1, 2017.
(Amends R.S. 9:315.44(A)(intro. para.); Adds R.S. 9:315.44(C) and 315.46(D))