Opinion ID: 1125205
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Heading: Defendants placed on probation: LA. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 895(H)

Text: Second, LA.CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 895(H), added by 1992 La. Acts 962, requires district court judges who place defendants on probation for sex offenses [11] to condition probation on the defendant giving notice similar to that required in LA. REV.STAT. ANN. § 15:542. [12] In addition, a sex offender who is the parent, stepparent, or has legal custody and physical custody of the child who is the victim, shall pay for the victim's psychological counseling to ease the psychological impact upon the child of the notice requirements to the community. LA.CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 895(H)(4). [13] Similarly, a person convicted of an offense involving criminal sexual activity must, at his cost, successfully complete a sex offender treatment program. LA.CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 895(J). [14]