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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))