HLS 25RS-351 ORIGINAL
2025 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 118
BY REPRESENTATIVE EGAN
HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to emergency certificates in St. Tammany Parish
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 28:53(G)(7)(b)(i), relative to the issuance of a emergency
3 certificate in the parish of St. Tammany; to provide for the manner of initial
4 examination; and to provide for related matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
6 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
7 Louisiana.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 28:53(G)(7)(b)(i) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
10follows:
11 ยง53. Admission by emergency certificate; extension; payment for services rendered
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13 G.
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15 (7) As it relates to the parish of St. Tammany, all of the following shall
16 apply:
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18 (b) The coroner or deputy coroner, who is a physician, preferably a
19 psychiatrist, may conduct an examination and execute an emergency certificate, as
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HB NO. 118
1 provided in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, by telehealth under all of the
2 following circumstances:
3 (i) If the initial examination, pursuant to Paragraph (B)(1) of this Section,
4 has been made in person by a psychiatrist, psychiatric mental health nurse
5 practitioner, or a psychologist.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 118 Original 2025 Regular Session Egan
Abstract: Removes the requirement that an initial examination, conducted prior to issuing
an emergency certificate, be executed by a psychiatrist, a psychiatric mental health
nurse practitioner, or a psychologist in St. Tammany Parish.
Present law requires a psychiatrist, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, or a
psychologist to conduct an in-person examination of an individual prior to issuing an
emergency certificate.
Proposed law changes present law by removing the requirement that the in-person
examination be conducted by a psychiatrist, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, or
a psychologist.
(Amends R.S. 28:53(G)(7)(b)(i))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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