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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 40, § 2025.6. Reporting requirements

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

A. Each overdose fatality review panel shall submit no later than November first of each year an annual report to the human services district for the parish or parishes served by the review panel. The annual report shall include but not be limited to the following information:

(1) The total number of fatal overdoses that occurred within the jurisdiction of the overdose fatality review panel.

(2) The number of fatal overdose cases investigated by the overdose fatality review panel.

(3) Any recommendations for state and local agencies or the state legislature to assist in preventing fatal and nonfatal overdoses in the state.

(4) Assessable results of any recommendations made by the overdose fatality review panel, including but not limited to changes in local or state law, policy, or funding made as a result of the panel's recommendations.

B. Each human services district shall compile the reports submitted to it from the review panels and submit the compiled report to the Louisiana Department of Health no later than December thirty-first of each year. The compiled report shall also include any additional recommendations from the human services district based on the data received for the region.

C. The Louisiana Department of Health shall analyze each annual report, shall create a single report containing an aggregate of the data received pursuant to this Section, and shall submit the report to the governor and legislature no later than March fifteenth of each year.

D. Reports submitted pursuant to this Section are not confidential and are subject to the Public Records Law.

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