ENROLLED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 338
BY REPRESENTATIVE DUPLESSIS
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
6 Be 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,
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1 or psychiatric condition of the offender when such information is available, and his prison
2 record, and may include any recommendation with reference to the release of the offender
3 on parole.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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