RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 166 (SB 231) 2024 Regular Session Duplessis
Existing law allows a petition for an order authorizing involuntary outpatient treatment to
be filed in the judicial district in the parish in which the respondent is present or reasonably
believed to be present.
New law adds that the petition may be filed in the judicial district where the respondent
resides.
Existing law requires the court to assign a time and place for a hearing within a certain time
frame after a petition is filed.
New law changes the time frame from 18 days to 30 days after a petition is filed.
Existing law requires the court to appoint a physician, psychiatric mental health nurse
practitioner, or psychologist to provide a Physician's Report to Court and testify at the
hearing.
New law adds medical psychologists to the list of medical professionals that can be
appointed.
New law requires the examination of the respondent for the purpose of the Physician's Report
to Court to be conducted within ten days prior to the filing of the petition or ten days after
the filing of the petition.
Existing law requires the examining healthcare provider to provide the court with a written
treatment plan and requires the plan to include appropriate services to provide care
coordination.
Prior law provided for services that may be included in the plan.
New law requires that the services must be included in the plan.
Prior law provided that if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the
respondent meets the criteria for involuntary outpatient treatment, and a written proposed
treatment plan has not been approved, the court shall order the director of the local governing
entity to provide a plan and testimony within five days of the date of the order.
New law provides that if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent
meets the criteria for involuntary outpatient treatment, and a written proposed treatment plan
has not been approved, that the court may order the service provider to provide a plan and
testimony within 30 days of the date of the order.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 28:67(intro para), R.S. 28:68(A), 69(A)(1), (B)(2) and (3), (D), and (E),
70(D)(1), and 71(C))