HLS 20RS-847 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 338
BY REPRESENTATIVE DUPLESSIS
PARDON/PAROLE: Provides relative to physical and mental health information of an
offender appearing before the committee on parole
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.3(B), relative to reports furnished to the committee on
3 parole; to provide for the reporting of certain physical and mental health information
4 of an offender appearing before the committee on parole; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 15:574.3(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง574.3. Personnel and reports to be furnished by the Department of Public Safety
9 and Corrections to the committee on parole; reports to be provided to the
10 Board of Pardons; intensive incarceration and intensive parole supervision
11 program data compilation; annual report
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13 B. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall see that every
14 offender is interviewed and explained the rules with respect to release on parole. It
15 shall secure all relevant data and shall assist the offender in formulating a parole
16 plan. Whenever the committee orders a parole hearing to be held, the Department
17 of Public Safety and Corrections shall secure a report with respect to the personality
18 of the offender, his social history, his adjustment to authority, the physical, mental,
19 or psychiatric condition of the offender when such information is available, and his
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HB NO. 338
1 prison record, and may include any recommendation with reference to the release of
2 the offender on parole.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 338 Original 2020 Regular Session Duplessis
Abstract: Requires the reporting of certain physical and mental health information of an
offender appearing before the committee on parole for a parole hearing.
Present law requires the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to ensure that every offender
is interviewed and explained the rules with respect to release on parole and to secure all
relevant data and shall assist the offender in formulating a parole plan.
Whenever the committee orders a parole hearing to be held, present law requires the Dept.
of Public Safety and Corrections to secure a report with respect to the personality of the
offender, his social history, his adjustment to authority, and his prison record, and may
include any recommendation with reference to the release of the offender on parole.
Proposed law retains present law and adds information regarding the physical, mental, or
psychiatric condition of the offender, when available, to the list of information included in
the report secured by the department.
(Amends R.S. 15:574.3(B))
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