RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 513 (HB 1061) 2022 Regular Session Hughes
Existing law requires all licensed hospitals and healthcare providers in Louisiana to adhere
to certain procedures if a person, male or female, presents himself or herself or is presented
for treatment as a victim of a sexually-oriented criminal offense.
New law retains existing law and requires that the victim be provided with information about
emergency contraception.
New law requires the information about emergency contraception to be developed and made
available to all licensed Louisiana hospitals electronically through the La. Dept. of Health's
(LDH) website and by paper form upon request to LDH.
New law requires the treating healthcare provider to inform the victim of the option to be
provided emergency contraception at the hospital or healthcare facility and, upon the
completion of a pregnancy test yielding a negative result, requires the emergency
contraception to be provided upon the victim's request.
New law defines "emergency contraception" as only drugs approved by the United States
Food and Drug Administration with mechanisms of action that likely include the prevention
of ovulation, sperm capacitation, or fertilization after sexual intercourse and do not meet the
definition of a legend drug as defined in existing law.
New law requires LDH to develop, prepare, and produce informational materials relating to
emergency contraception for the prevention of pregnancy for distribution and use in all
licensed hospitals in this state.
New law requires LDH, in collaboration with community sexual assault programs and other
appropriate stakeholders, to approve informational materials from other sources for the
purposes of new law.
New law establishes certain requirements for the informational materials required by new
law.
Effective January 1, 2023.
(Amends R.S. 40:1216.1(G); Adds R.S. 40:1216.1(A)(10))