ENROLLED
ACT No. 390
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 709
BY REPRESENTATIVE SELDERS
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 40:2155(B)(3), relative to behavioral health services; to provide relative to
3 services of behavioral health services providers licensed by the Louisiana
4 Department of Health; to authorize such providers to furnish services to clients and
5 patients regardless of the location of those persons within the state; and to provide
6 for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 40:2155(B)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง2155. Licensure of behavioral health services providers
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11 B.
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13 (3) A licensed mental health professional or a provisionally licensed
14 mental health professional acting within his scope of practice, who is
15 employed by a behavioral health service provider licensed pursuant to this
16 Part, may provide professional outpatient psychiatric services to any
17 established client or patient, regardless of the client's or patient's particular
18 location within the state.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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