Louisiana Children’s Code 1406 – Selection of facilities; judicial commitments
Terms Used In Louisiana Children's Code 1406
- Patient: means any person detained and taken care of as a person with mental illness or person suffering from substance abuse. See Louisiana Children's Code 1404
- Treatment: means an active effort to accomplish an improvement in the mental condition or behavior of a patient or to prevent deterioration in his condition or behavior. See Louisiana Children's Code 1404
A. Any treatment facility, except a forensic facility, shall be selected with consideration for the following:
(1) Medical suitability.
(2) Least restriction of the minor’s liberty.
(3) Nearness to the minor patient‘s usual residence.
(4) Financial status of the minor patient.
B. Treatment facilities include but are not limited to the following:
(1) Community mental health centers.
(2) Private clinics.
(3) Public or private halfway houses.
(4) Public or private group homes.
(5) Residential facilities for children.
(6) Public or private general hospitals.
(7) Public or private mental hospitals.
(8) Detoxification centers.
(9) Substance abuse clinics.
(10) Substance abuse inpatient facilities.
(11) Forensic facilities.
C. Judicial commitments may be made to any facility, except forensic facilities, which is listed in Paragraph B of this Article.
Acts 1991, No. 235, §14, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.