DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 625 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Selders
Abstract: Allows behavioral health service providers to operate within a fifty-mile radius of one
designated off-site location.
Present law states that the geographic service locations for public or private behavioral health service
providers include the parish in which the provider's business office is located, any parish contiguous
to the parish in which the provider's business office is located, and any distance within a fifty-mile
radius of the provider's business office.
Proposed law provides that a behavioral health service provider may operate within a 50-mile radius
of one designated off-site location in addition to the existing geographic service locations provided
in present law.
(Amends R.S. 40:2155(B)(2); Adds R.S. 40:2155(B)(3))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to the
original bill:
1. Provide that a behavioral health service provider may operate within a 50-mile radius of
one designated off-site location.
2. Make technical corrections.