ENROLLED
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 65
BY REPRESENTATIVES MARCELLE, KNOX, AND LAFLEUR
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To request the office of public health of the Louisiana Department of Health, in consultation
with the Louisiana State Coroner's Association, the Louisiana Public Health Institute,
the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the Louisiana Sheriffs'
Association, and the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and
Administration of Criminal Justice, to conduct a study on the current system of
reporting deaths of individuals committed to the custody of the Department of Public
Safety and Corrections and to the custody of a parish jail and the feasibility of
periodic analysis of mortality in correctional facilities in Louisiana as a means of
reducing carceral mortality, and to provide a report to the Legislature of Louisiana
no later than February 1, 2024.
WHEREAS, as a condition of receiving federal grant assistance for law enforcement,
the state is required to quarterly report deaths in parish prisons, state prisons, and private
correctional institutions; and
WHEREAS, mortality statistics are an important health tool for understanding and
addressing community health.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
request the office of public health of the Louisiana Department of Health, in consultation
with the Louisiana State Coroner's Association, the Louisiana Public Health Institute, the
Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association, and the
Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, to
conduct a study on the current system of reporting deaths of individuals committed to the
custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and to the custody of a parish
jail and the feasibility of periodic analysis of mortality in correctional facilities in Louisiana
as a means of reducing carceral mortality.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the office of public health of the Louisiana
Department of Health, in consultation with the Louisiana State Coroner's Association, the
Louisiana Public Health Institute, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the
Louisiana Sheriffs' Association, and the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and
Administration of Criminal Justice, shall submit a report to the Louisiana Legislature no
later than February 1, 2024.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
assistant secretary of the office of public health of the Louisiana Department of Health, the
president of the Louisiana State Coroner's Association, the director of the Louisiana Public
Health Institute, the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the
president of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association, and the executive director of the Louisiana
Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that one print copy and one electronic copy of any
report produced pursuant to this Resolution shall be submitted to the David R. Poynter
Legislative Research Library as required by R.S. 24:772.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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