2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 40 Public health and safety :: RS 40:2852 Facilities providing housing or temporary residence to individuals referred by judicial agencies

§2852.  Facilities providing housing or temporary residence to individuals referred by judicial agencies

A.  Any facility, including pretrial diversion facilities, not otherwise required to be licensed by the Department of Health and Hospitals or the Department of Social Services, that provides housing or temporary residence for individuals who have been arrested for the commission of a crime who are referred by any judicial agency, including the district attorney's office, shall be regulated by rules adopted and enforced by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for the operation of such facilities.

B.  The rules shall include, but not be limited to, providing for the construction, standards of operation, and services provided for such facilities.

C.  No facility shall provide housing or temporary residence to any individual and no judicial agency shall refer any individual to a facility providing housing or temporary residence until the Department of Public Safety and Corrections has adopted rules as provided for by this Section.

D.  All rules shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, and all facilities shall be accredited by the American Correctional Association within eighteen months of opening a judicial agency referral residential facility.

Acts 2006, No. 660, §1, eff. June 29, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 437, §1.