The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Christine Arbo Peck.
DIGEST
SB 76 Original 2018 Regular Session Boudreaux
Present law prohibits taking certain contraband into state-owned and administered hospitals.
Proposed law is applicable to all hospitals.
Present law identifies one form of contraband prohibited in hospitals as narcotic or hypnotic drugs
that create a hypnotic effect if taken internally. Proposed law modernizes this definition to include
any controlled dangerous substance that has not been prescribed in accordance with the Uniform
Controlled Dangerous Substances Law.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 14:402.1)