2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 46 Public welfare and assistance :: RS 46:973 Adolescent pregnancy and pregnancy prevention program

§973.  Adolescent pregnancy and pregnancy prevention program

The office of public health, Department of Health and Hospitals, shall provide a special program of preventive, health, and medical care and health education services for adolescents that concentrates on adolescent pregnancy and pregnancy prevention.  The program required by this Section shall include services necessary to prevent or reduce the occurrence of maternal, fetal, and infant deaths, low birth-weight infants, handicapping conditions, unplanned adolescent pregnancies, and births without appropriate intrapartum care.  

Acts 1990, No. 731, §1.  

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