The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Amanda Trapp.
DIGEST
SB 70 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Mizell
Proposed law authorizes any parish to establish a local overdose fatality review panel to provide for
cooperation among relevant agencies in order to develop an understanding of causes and incidences
of overdoses within the parish and make recommendations regarding policy changes to prevent drug
overdoses.
Proposed law provides for required membership for the overdose fatality review panel if a parish
decides to establish a panel.
Proposed law provides that a member may decline to participate and failure of a member to
participate does not preclude the functions of the panel.
Proposed law requires each review panel to submit notice of formation to the secretary of the
Louisiana Department of Health and requires the department to maintain a registry of all active
overdose fatality review panels in the state.
Proposed law authorizes the review panel to access certain information.
Proposed law provides for confidentiality of certain information accessed by the panel.
Proposed law requires each local overdose fatality review panel to report annually to the appropriate
human services district.
Proposed law further requires the human services district to compile information received from
review panels in its jurisdiction and submit the compiled report to the Louisiana Department of
Health.
Proposed law requires the Louisiana Department of Health to aggregate the data and
recommendations received from the human services districts and report annually to the governor and
legislature.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Adds R.S. 40:2025.1-2025.6 and R.S. 44:4(64))