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HB 556 Original 2023 Regular Session Davis
Abstract: Provides relative to policies and procedures of DPS&C for electronic monitoring
equipment.
Present law requires DPS&C to develop written policies and procedures governing the availability,
storage, and use of electronic monitoring equipment.
Present law requires these policies and procedures to include the following criteria:
(1)Secure storage.
(2)Timely visual inspection of equipment worn by the monitored individual.
(3)A master listing and inventory.
(4)Availability of at least one complete backup unit for a number of specified units.
(5)Responses to system malfunctions.
(6)Restricted password access to authorized staff.
(7)Maintenance and cleaning of equipment.
Proposed law retains present law and adds the following criteria:
(1)Location accuracy for the indoor, outdoor, and on-demand location of a monitored
individual. Also provides for the ability to provide a monitored offender's location accuracy
within three minutes of a request.
(2)Development of zoning capabilities for inclusion and exclusion zones.
(3)Timely alert notifications from the office of technology services for all of the following:
(a)The tampering of the electronic monitoring equipment and the ability to provide an
alert of this violation within three minutes of the violation.
(b)The presence of the electronic monitoring equipment in an exclusion zone and the ability to provide an alert of this violation within four minutes of the violation.
(c)Low battery alert prior to the complete discharge of the battery within the electronic
monitoring equipment.
(Adds R.S. 15:571.36(8)-(10))