SLS 20RS-227 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 87
BY SENATOR FRED MILLS
ELDERLY. Requires reports of elderly exploitation or extortion to be reported to local law
enforcement agencies. (8/1/20)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:1506(B), relative to adult protective services; to provide for
3 reports; to provide for content of reports; to provide for receipt of reports; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:1506(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1506. Receipt of reports
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9 B. When the appropriate adult protection agency receives a report of sexual
10 or physical abuse, exploitation, or extortion, whether directly or by referral, the
11 agency shall notify the chief law enforcement agency of the parish in which the
12 incident is alleged to have occurred of such report. Such notification shall be made
13 prior to the end of the business day subsequent to the day on which the adult
14 protection agency received the report. For the purposes of this Subsection, the chief
15 law enforcement agency of Orleans Parish shall be the New Orleans Police
16 Department.
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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. 87
SLS 20RS-227 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SB 87 Original 2020 Regular Session Fred Mills
Present law requires the appropriate adult protection agency to notify the chief law
enforcement agency of the parish in which the incident is alleged to have occurred when the
agency receives a report of sexual or physical abuse, whether directly or by referral.
Proposed law retains present law but adds exploitation and extortion to the types of incidents
to be reported.
Effective August 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 15:1506(B))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.