2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 28 - Mental Health
RS 28:21 - State hospitals for persons with mental illness and addictive disorders

§21. State hospitals for persons with mental illness and addictive disorders

A. The hospital at Jackson, known as the East Louisiana State Hospital, the hospital at Pineville, known as the Central Louisiana State Hospital, and the hospital at Mandeville, known as the Southeast Louisiana Hospital, are designated as the hospitals for persons with mental illness and addictive disorders until such time as separate or other hospitals are established. The assistant secretary of the office of behavioral health of the department may reorganize and consolidate the administration of the hospitals or facilities, including the Feliciana Forensic Facility, the Greenwell Springs Hospital, and the New Orleans Adolescent Hospital as necessary to comply with the provisions of the State Mental Health Plan.

B. The assistant secretary of the office of behavioral health of the department may establish residential settings as satellite facilities to these hospitals from funds presently allocated or to be allocated to these institutions by the legislature.

C. Any site designated under this Section shall comply with any applicable local and state building or zoning ordinances and laws.

D. Any site selected by the assistant secretary must be approved by the local governing authority.

E. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 384, §4, eff. July 1, 2010.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 701, §1; Acts 1978, No. 678, §1; Acts 1997, No. 174, §1; Acts 2001, No. 193, §1, eff. May 31, 2001; Acts 2009, No. 384, §§2, 4, eff. July 1, 2010.