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LA Rev Stat § 28:66 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§66. Criteria for civil involuntary outpatient treatment

RS 66 - Criteria for civil involuntary outpatient treatment  A. A respondent may be ordered to obtain civil involuntary outpatient treatment if the court finds that all of the following conditions apply:  (1) The respondent is eighteen years of age or older.  (2) The respondent is suffering from a mental illness.  (3) The respondent is unlikely to survive safely in the community without supervision.  (4) The respondent has a history of lack of compliance with treatment for mental illness.  (5) The respondent is, as a result of his mental illness, unlikely to voluntarily participate in treatment.  (6) In view of the treatment history and current behavior of the respondent, the respondent is in need of involuntary outpatient treatment to prevent a relapse or deterioration which would be likely to result in the respondent's becoming dangerous to self or others or gravely disabled as defined in R.S. 28:2.  (7) It is likely that the respondent will benefit from involuntary outpatient treatment.  B.(1) If the respondent has executed an advance directive as defined in R.S. 28:221, any directions included in the directive shall be taken into account by the court in determining the written treatment plan.  (2) Nothing in this Section shall preclude a person with an advance directive from being subject to a petition pursuant to this Part.  Acts 2008, No. 407, §2; Acts 2018, No. 375, §1; Acts 2021, No. 329, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 28:67 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§67. Petition to the court

RS 67 - Petition to the court  A petition for an order authorizing involuntary outpatient treatment may be filed in the judicial district in the parish in which the respondent is present or reasonably believed to be present. A petition to obtain an order authorizing involuntary outpatient treatment may be initiated by one of the following persons:  (1) The director, administrator, or treating physician of a hospital in which the respondent is hospitalized.  (2) The director, administrator, or treating physician of an emergency receiving center in which the respondent is receiving services.  (3) The director of the local governing entity, or his designee, in the parish in which the respondent is present or reasonably believed to be present.  (4)(a) Any interested person through counsel. The court may order the coroner in the jurisdiction in which the respondent is found to provide written concurrence to the allegations found in the petition to authorize involuntary outpatient treatment.  (b) For the purposes of this Section, "interested person" means anyone of legal age who has an interest in the outcome of a particular case, which may include but shall not be limited to any adult relative or friend of the respondent, any official or representative of a public or private agency, corporation, or association that is concerned with the respondent's welfare, or any other person found suitable by the court.  (5) The Louisiana Department of Health.  Acts 2008, No. 407, §2; Acts 2009, No. 384, §5, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2013, No. 226, §1; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2; Acts 2018, No. 375, §1; Acts 2021, No. 329, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 28:68 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§68. Petition

RS 68 - Petition  A. The petition shall contain the facts which are the basis of the assertion that the respondent meets each of the criteria in R.S. 28:66 that he is present or reasonably believed to be present in the parish where filed, and provide the respondent with adequate notice and knowledge relative to the nature of the proceeding.  B.(1) In addition to the content specified in Subsection A of this Section, the petition shall contain the following information regarding the respondent:  (a) Name.  (b) Date of birth.  (c) Alias names, if any.  (d) Social security number.  (e) Sex.  (f) Race.  (2) If the petitioner is unable to provide any of the information listed in this Subsection, the petitioner shall include in the petition the reasons why that information cannot be provided.  C. The petition shall be accompanied by a Physician's Report to Court or an affidavit of a physician, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, or psychologist and shall state either of the following:  (1) Such physician, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, or psychologist has examined the respondent no more than ten days prior to the filing of the petition, he recommended involuntary outpatient treatment for the respondent, and he is willing and able to testify at the hearing on the petition.  (2) No more than ten days prior to the filing of the petition, such physician, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, or psychologist, or a designee of such clinician, has made appropriate attempts to elicit the cooperation of the respondent but has not been successful in persuading him to submit to an examination, that such physician, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, or psychologist has reason to suspect that the respondent meets the criteria for involuntary outpatient treatment, and he is willing and able to examine the respondent and testify at the hearing on the petition.  Acts 2008, No. 407, §2; Acts 2018, No. 375, §1; Acts 2021, No. 329, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 28:72 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§72. Application for additional periods of treatment

RS 72 - Application for additional periods of treatment  A. The court order for outpatient treatment shall expire at the end of the specified period unless a petition for an extension has been filed. If any person or entity authorized within R.S. 28:67 determines that a respondent requires further involuntary outpatient treatment, he shall file a petition for continued treatment prior to the expiration of the involuntary outpatient treatment ordered by the court. If a respondent has been ordered to receive outpatient treatment for four consecutive six-month to one-year periods, the period of any subsequent order may exceed one year but shall not exceed two years.  B. The procedure for obtaining an extension shall be the same as for obtaining the original order. However, the time periods provided in R.S. 28:66(A)(4) shall not be applicable in determining the appropriateness of the extension.  Acts 2008, No. 407, §2; Acts 2015, No. 317, §1; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2; Acts 2018, No. 206, §1; Acts 2018, No. 375, §1; Acts 2021, No. 329, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 28:73 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§73. Application to stay, vacate, or modify

RS 73 - Application to stay, vacate, or modify  In addition to any right or remedy available by law, the respondent may apply to the court to stay, vacate, or modify the order based on a change in circumstances and he shall notify the director of the local governing entity or designee of his application.  Acts 2008, No. 407, §2; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2; Acts 2018, No. 375, §1; Acts 2021, No. 329, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 28:74 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§74. Appeals

RS 74 - Appeals Review of an order issued pursuant to this Part shall be in accordance with R.S. 28:56(D) and (E). Acts 2008, No. 407, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 28:75 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§75. Failure to comply with involuntary outpatient treatment

RS 75 - Failure to comply with involuntary outpatient treatment  A. When a physician, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, or psychologist determines the respondent has failed to comply with the ordered treatment, the local governing entity, case manager, or assertive community treatment provider shall make reasonable efforts to solicit the compliance of the respondent.  B. If either party alleges noncompliance despite the efforts referred to in Subsection A of this Section, a judicial hearing shall be scheduled and all persons listed in R.S. 28:69(A) are to receive notice.  C. When a physician, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, or psychologist determines that the respondent meets the relevant criteria, he may execute an emergency certificate in accordance with R.S. 28:53, request an order for custody in accordance with R.S. 28:53.2, or seek a judicial commitment in accordance with R.S. 28:54. Any period of hospitalization shall not invalidate the order for assistive outpatient treatment.  D. If the respondent refuses to take medication or refuses to take or fails blood or other laboratory tests as required by court order, the physician, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, or psychologist may consider his refusal in determining whether the respondent is in need of inpatient treatment services.  Acts 2008, No. 407, §2; Acts 2018, No. 375, §1; Acts 2021, No. 329, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 28:76 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§76. Definitions

RS 76 - Definitions  As used in this Part, "Physician's Report to Court" means the reports provided for in R.S. 28:56(A)(2)(b).  Acts 2018, No. 375, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 28:77 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§77. Fees and court costs

RS 77 - Fees and court costs  Assistive outpatient treatment proceedings shall be exempt from charges for filing fees or taxing of court costs.  Acts 2021, No. 329, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 28:91 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§91. Transfer to psychiatric hospital

RS 91 - Transfer to psychiatric hospital  A. The judge shall designate or shall request the administrator to provide an attendant to transfer the patient to the psychiatric hospital and may authorize the employment of assistants if necessary.  B. Wherever practicable, the patient to be hospitalized shall be permitted to be accompanied by one or more of his friends or relatives.  Amended by Acts 1954, No. 701, §1; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 28:92 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§92. Transfer of patients from military establishments

RS 92 - Transfer of patients from military establishments  A. Any resident and rightful charge upon the state who suffers from a mental illness while in military service and is returned to the state because of need of inpatient psychiatric care shall be directly transferred from the military establishment to a state psychiatric hospital, provided arrangements to receive him are made in advance with the hospital administrator.  B. Unless sooner discharged from military service, the patient shall be detained for a period of observation not to exceed thirty days. If it is found that he should remain at the hospital, he shall, after discharge from military service, be committed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.  Amended by Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 28:93 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§93. Transfer of veterans to United States veterans hospitals

RS 93 - Transfer of veterans to United States veterans hospitals  A. Any veteran eligible for treatment in a United States veterans hospital who has been committed to a psychiatric hospital within the state may be transferred to a United States veterans hospital.  B. The transfer shall be by order of the committing court or by order of the director or administrator of the psychiatric hospital in which the veteran is confined or by order of the division if the veteran is on leave.  Amended by Acts 1974, No. 294, §1; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 28:94 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§94. Transfer of patients between psychiatric hospitals

RS 94 - Transfer of patients between psychiatric hospitals  A.(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, the department may transfer any patient from one psychiatric hospital to another if applicable eligibility criteria are met. Moreover, the administrator of a psychiatric hospital may request the department to transfer a patient when he believes that a transfer is necessary.  (2) A patient may be transferred to or from a private psychiatric hospital only upon the joint application of the director or administrator of that hospital and of the legal guardian or the person liable for the support of the patient. However, no private psychiatric hospital shall be obligated to retain a patient because of the refusal to sign the application by the legal guardian or the person liable for support.  (3) A person under sentence or acquitted of a crime on the ground of mental illness or disability shall be transferred only upon authority of the committing court.  (4) A voluntary patient shall be transferred only with his written consent.  B. The following documents, as applicable, shall accompany a patient upon his transfer:  (1) The transfer order of the department.  (2) Certified copies of the application for admission, the physician's certificate, the report of the commission, and the order of the committing court.  (3) All of the patient's clinical records or a full abstract thereof, including the results of medical, physical, and laboratory examinations.  Amended by Acts 1974, No. 294, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §3, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 28:95 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§95. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 369, §7.

RS 95 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 369, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 28:96 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§96. Discharge by the administrator or treating physician

RS 96 - Discharge by the administrator or treating physician  A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the administrator or treating physician may discharge any patient committed to a psychiatric hospital if he believes that the patient has sufficiently recovered and that no harm will result from his discharge.  B. The administrator or treating physician shall as frequently as practicable, but not less often than every six months, examine or cause to be examined every patient and may discharge the patient and immediately make a report thereof to the court when necessary or appropriate.  C. A client committed in accordance with the provisions of Article 648 of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall be discharged only in the manner provided in that Article.  D. A patient committed in accordance with R.S. 28:59 shall be discharged only upon order of the committing court.  E. A patient who has shown dangerous tendencies shall be discharged upon conditional release with the written consent of the court after an examination and after sufficient guarantee of proper supervision of the patient by a person who is approved by the court.  F. A patient whose discharge is opposed by a legal guardian, relative, or other interested person shall be discharged only after the person opposing has been notified and given an opportunity to state his reasons why the patient should be detained for further care and treatment.  G. A patient who has a mental illness who no longer requires treatment may be discharged with the approval of the attending physician and treatment team.  H. A patient who has a mental illness and is convicted of a crime prior to his transfer to a psychiatric hospital shall not be discharged prior to the time he might have been discharged from his original place of detention.  Amended by Acts 1954, No. 701, §1; Acts 1974, No. 294, §1; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 28:96.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§96.1. Discharge by the director or administrator of a private psychiatric hospital

RS 96.1 - Discharge by the director or administrator of a private psychiatric hospital  A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section the director, administrator, or head of a private psychiatric hospital may discharge any patient committed to his hospital only on the certificate of either two physicians, or one physician and one psychologist, medical psychologist, or psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner stating that the patient has sufficiently recovered and that no harm will result from his discharge.  B. A patient committed in accordance with the provisions of Article 648 of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall be discharged only in the manner provided in that Article.  C. A patient committed to a private hospital in accordance with R.S. 28:59 shall be discharged only upon order of the committing court.  D. A patient whose discharge from a private psychiatric hospital is opposed by a legal guardian, relative, or other interested person shall be discharged only after the person opposing has been notified and given an opportunity to state the reasons why the patient should be detained for further care and treatment.  E. A patient committed to a private psychiatric hospital who has shown dangerous tendencies shall be discharged only upon the certificate of either two physicians, or one physician and one psychologist, medical psychologist, or psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner after an examination, and after sufficient guarantee has been provided of proper supervision of the patient by a person who is approved by the court.  F. A patient who has a mental illness and no longer requires treatment may be discharged on the certificate of either two physicians, or one physician and one psychologist, medical psychologist, or psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and with the approval of the committing court if the commitment was by criminal court order.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 482, §2; Acts 2006, No. 664, §1; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 28:97 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§97. Discharge by the department

RS 97 - Discharge by the department  The department may order the examination and the discharge of any patient, except those committed in accordance with R.S. 28:59 and under Title XXI relating to insanity proceedings of the Code of Criminal Procedure, if as a result of the examination it believes that the patient should no longer be detained. When a discharge in accordance with this Section is contemplated, the department shall give notice to the director or administrator and to the person who filed the original petition causing the patient to be committed, in order that they may state their reasons why the patient should be detained for further treatment.  Amended by Acts 1974, No. 294, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §3, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1987, No. 928, §2, eff. July 20, 1987; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 28:98 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§98. Repealed by Acts 1972, No. 154, §4

RS 98 - Repealed by Acts 1972, No. 154, §4
LA Rev Stat § 28:98.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§98.1. Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 341, §1; eff. July 9, 1985.

RS 98.1 - Repealed by Acts 1985, No. 341, §1; eff. July 9, 1985.
LA Rev Stat § 28:98.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§98.2. Immunity of psychiatric hospital and director or administrator

RS 98.2 - Immunity of psychiatric hospital and director or administrator  Any detentions, confinements, commitments, or discharges made of a patient who has a mental illness in accordance with this Chapter to any state or private psychiatric hospital by the director or administrator thereof, acting in good faith, reasonably and without negligence, are declared to be administrative acts of the director, administrator, or the hospital, and the director, administrator, and the hospital are granted immunity from liability for damages to any patient so detained, confined, or committed for false imprisonment or otherwise; provided, however, that the director, administrator, or the hospital shall not thereby be exempt from liability for negligence in the care or treatment of such patient.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 482, §2; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2; Acts 2018, No. 206, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 28:99 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§99. Discharge by lapse of time

RS 99 - Discharge by lapse of time  Any patient continuously absent from a psychiatric hospital without authorized leave for seventy-two hours is automatically discharged and may be readmitted only according to law. This Section shall not apply to clients committed in accordance with R.S. 28:59 or Code of Criminal Procedure Article 648 or 654.  Amended by Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 28:100 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§100. Leaves of absence for patients

RS 100 - Leaves of absence for patients  A. The treating physician may grant to patients leaves of absence for such time and upon such conditions as he prescribes. In granting leave, the director or administrator is subject to the restrictions provided in R.S. 28:96.  B. A patient on leave may be returned at any time by the director, administrator, or the person to whom he has been released.  Amended by Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 28:100.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§100.1. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 369, §7.

RS 100.1 - Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 369, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 28:101 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§101. Boarding out patients

RS 101 - Boarding out patients  A. Under conditions indicating rehabilitation possibilities, the director or administrator, with the consent of the department, may permit patients to board out with responsible persons who may be paid for their care of the patients. This Section does not apply to clients committed in accordance with R.S. 28:59.  B. In determining the amount to be paid, the value of any services to be rendered by the patient while boarding shall be considered and should the services of the patient justify, he shall be paid a sum in excess of his board to compensate him for these services.  C. The director or administrator may require the person applying to board a patient to give bond with security for the proper care of the patient.  D. Agents of the state psychiatric hospital shall frequently visit every boarding patient. If it is determined that the patient is not being cared for properly, the director or administrator shall recall him to the state psychiatric hospital with the consent of the department.  Amended by Acts 1974, No. 294, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §3, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 28:102 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§102. State psychiatric hospitals; return of escaped patients

RS 102 - State psychiatric hospitals; return of escaped patients  Any escaped patient from a state psychiatric hospital shall be returned at the expense of the state psychiatric hospital from which he left without authorization unless his discharge is granted before his return.  Amended by Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 28:103 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 28 - Mental Health|§103. Deportation of nonresident patients

RS 103 - Deportation of nonresident patients  A. The department or executive authority of this state may return any nonresident patient to the state or country of which he is a legal resident. Pending the return, the department shall provide necessary temporary care for the patient. He shall be suitably clothed and, if necessary, shall be accompanied by an attendant who shall deliver the patient with due care to the proper officials at the destination. If the patient is able to travel alone, he shall be provided with sufficient funds for sustenance and travel.  B. The department or executive authority of this state may enter into agreements with other states for reciprocity in deporting psychiatric patients.  Amended by Acts 1974, No. 294, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §3, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.