§28:104. Importation of nonresident psychiatric patients prohibited
RS 28:104 – Importation of nonresident psychiatric patients prohibited A. No person or public carrier shall knowingly import a nonresident psychiatric patient into this state for the purpose of having him committed. B. Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined one hundred dollars or imprisoned for sixty days, or both, […]
§28:105. Extradition of escaped patients
RS 28:105 – Extradition of escaped patients A. For purposes of this Section, the following definitions relative to extradition of escaped patients apply: (1) “Executive authority” means the governor of a state or other executive of a territory, district, or insular or other possession of the United States, or his appointed designee. (2) “Flight” and […]
§28:141. Costs of commitment and examination
RS 28:141 – Costs of commitment and examination A. If financially able, the patient or his legal guardian shall pay the costs of commitment, including examination fees, expenses incurred in calling witnesses, fees of counsel for the patient, and fees of the commission, otherwise the parish of domicile in the case of a resident or […]
§28:142. Costs of transportation
RS 28:142 – Costs of transportation A. If financially able, the patient or his legal guardian shall pay all costs incident to transporting the patient to the state psychiatric hospital; otherwise the department, in the case of a nonresident, or the parish in which the hearing was held, in the case of a resident, shall […]
§28:143. Costs of maintenance and daily care
RS 28:143 – Costs of maintenance and daily care A. The director or administrator of each state psychiatric hospital shall include the costs of maintenance and daily care of patients as an expense of the state psychiatric hospital and shall prepare budgets in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 39 of the […]
§28:144. Investigation and assessment of charges
RS 28:144 – Investigation and assessment of charges The department shall develop procedures to determine the ability of a patient or his legal guardian to pay all or a part of the costs of the patient’s care and shall adopt a policy including rules and regulations for the assessment of charges in accordance with the […]
§28:97. Discharge by the department
RS 28:97 – 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 […]
§28:145. Costs of transfer
RS 28:145 – Costs of transfer The person requesting the transfer shall pay the costs of transferring a patient between hospitals. The department shall pay the costs of transfers made at its request. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 294, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §3, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.
§28:98. Repealed by Acts 1972, No. 154, §4
RS 28:98 – Repealed by Acts 1972, No. 154, §4
§28:146. Expenses incident to discharge, removal, or funeral
RS 28:146 – Expenses incident to discharge, removal, or funeral A. If financially able, the patient or his legal guardian shall pay the costs of the patient’s funeral or his discharge and removal, including traveling expenses to his home; otherwise the state psychiatric hospital shall pay these costs. If discharge is ordered by the department […]