SLS 19RS-348 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 90
BY SENATOR HENSGENS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
HEALTH CARE. Provides relative to licensing of adult residential care providers. (8/1/19)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2166.2, relative to the licensing of adult residential care
3 providers; to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of adults receiving residential
4 care; to provide for the safe operation of residential care facilities; to provide
5 technical changes; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:2166.2 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง2166.2. Purpose
9 The purpose of this Part is to authorize the Louisiana Department of Health
10 to prescribe, promulgate, and publish rules and regulations to provide for the health,
11 safety, and welfare of adults receiving residential care and to provide for the safe
12 operation of facilities providing such care. It is the intent of the legislature to support
13 the rights of individuals to live in a safe residential setting which ensures freedom
14 of choice, independence, and an opportunity to continue to live as an integral
15 members of the community, aging with dignity, privacy, and respect.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 90
SLS 19RS-348 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christine Arbo Peck.
DIGEST
SB 90 Original 2019 Regular Session Hensgens
Present law authorizes the Louisiana Department of health to license adult residential care
providers to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of adults receiving residential care
and to provide for the safe operation of residential care facilities. Proposed law retains
present law and makes technical changes.
Effective August 1, 2019.
(R.S. 40:2166.2)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.