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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 40, § 2025.4. Functions; duties of the review panel

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. Each overdose fatality review panel shall:

(1) Promote cooperation and coordination among agencies involved in the investigation of drug overdose fatalities.

(2) Develop an understanding of the causes and incidence of drug overdose fatalities in the jurisdiction where the review panel operates.

(3) Plan for and recommend changes within the agencies represented on the panel to prevent drug overdose fatalities.

(4) Advise local, regional, and state policymakers about potential changes to law, policy, funding, or practice to prevent drug overdoses.

(5) Establish and implement protocols and procedures.

(6) Conduct a multidisciplinary review of information received pursuant to this Part regarding a decedent, which shall include but not be limited to:

(a) Consideration of the decedent's points of contact with healthcare systems, social services, educational institutions, child and family services, the criminal justice system, including law enforcement, and any other systems with which the decedent had contact prior to his death.

(b) Identification of the specific factors and social determinants of health that put the decedent at risk for an overdose.

(7) Recommend prevention and intervention strategies to improve coordination of services and investigations among member agencies to reduce overdose deaths.

(8) Collect, analyze, interpret, and maintain local data on overdose deaths.

B. In addition to the duties specified in this Section, a review panel may investigate nonfatal overdose cases that occur within the panel's jurisdiction.

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