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SENATE SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS
SB 487 2024 Regular Session Cathey
KEYWORD AND SUMMARY AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
HOSPITALS. Provides for hospital drug screenings. (8/1/24)
SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE SENATE BILL
1. Removes a provision that creates a public records exception for the
de-identified drug screening reports sent to the La. Dept. of Health.
2. Adds a provision clarifying a hospital's mandatory reporting requirements.
DIGEST OF THE SENATE BILL AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
DIGEST
SB 487 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Cathey
Proposed law requires a hospital that treats a minor that is suspected of an opioid overdose
to conduct a urine drug screen on the minor that shall include testing for the presence of
fentanyl.
Proposed law requires the hospital to report any screening conducted in accordance with
proposed law that detects fentanyl to the La. Dept. of Health. Proposed law further provides
that the hospital shall de-identify the report prior to submission.
Proposed law requires a hospital to complete the reporting requirements established in
proposed law and to comply with existing mandatory reporting requirements established in
the Children's Code.
(Adds R.S. 40:978.2.2)
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Amanda Trapp
Researcher