RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 24 (HB 204) 2020 Regular Session James
Existing law provides that a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program is entitled
to information from the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information to
ascertain whether a person being considered for involvement with the CASA program has
been arrested for, or convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to, any criminal offense.
Existing law further provides that the bureau shall, upon request and after receipt of
fingerprint cards or other identifying information from the CASA program, survey its
criminal history records and identification files and provide a report promptly and in writing,
providing only such information as is necessary to specify whether or not that person has
been arrested for or convicted of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any crime or crimes,
the crime or crimes of which he has been arrested for or convicted or to which he has pled
guilty or nolo contendere, and the date or dates on which they occurred.
New law retains existing law.
Prior law provided that the CASA program may request the bureau to make a simultaneous
request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for similar criminal history information from
other jurisdictions.
New law amends prior law to provide that when a criminal history records check is requested
by a CASA program pursuant to existing law, the bureau shall also forward the fingerprints
of the individual who is the subject of the inquiry to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
a national criminal history records check and shall provide the CASA program with the
national criminal history record information of the individual who is the subject of the
inquiry.
Effective Aug. 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 15:587.1(J))