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HB 335 Original 2022 Regular Session Duplessis
Abstract: Identifies a person who is unable to protect himself from serious physical harm or
significant psychiatric deterioration as gravely disabled and defines psychiatric deterioration.
Present law defines "gravely disabled" as the condition of a person who is unable to provide for his
own basic physical needs as a result of serious mental illness or a substance-related or addictive
disorder and is unable to survive safely in freedom or protect himself from serious harm.
Proposed law expands the definition of "gravely disabled" to include a person who is unable to
protect himself from serious physical harm or significant psychiatric deterioration.
Proposed law defines "psychiatric deterioration" as a decline in mental functioning, which
diminishes the person's capacity to reason, exercise judgment, or control his behavior.
(Amends R.S. 28:2(13); Adds R.S. 28:2(40))