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182 BYby REPRESENTATIVESRepresentative TRAVISTravis JOHNSONJohnson ANDAMENDMENT ECHOLSNO. NURSES:

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and to provide for related matters.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:

Section 1.

R.S.

40:1216.1(A)(introductory paragraph) and (H)(3) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.

40:1216.1(H)(8) is herebyenacted to read as follows:

§1216.1.

Procedures for survivors of a sexually oriented criminal offense;

immunity;regionalplans;maximumallowablecosts;definitions;documents requested by victim A.

All licensed hospitals and healthcare providers in Louisiana shall offer everysexualassaultsurvivorinformationtoreceivethetreatmentprovidedforinthis Section.

All licensed hospitals with an emergency department shall maintain and make availablea qualifiedhealthcareprofessionalto providetreatmentandforensic examinations to victims of sexual assault during the emergency department's hours ofoperation.

Alicensedhospitalorhealthcareprovidershalladheretothefollowing procedures if a person presents for treatment as a sexual assault survivor:

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Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored are additions.

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For purposes of this Section the following definitions apply:

* * * (3) "Healthcare provider" means either of the following:

a facility or institution providing healthcare services including but not limited to a hospital or other licensed inpatient center;

ambulatory surgical or treatment center;

skilled nursing facility;

inpatient hospice facility;

residential treatment center;

diagnostic, laboratory, or imaging center;

or rehabilitation or other therapeutic health setting.

(a) A physician, sexual assault nurse examiner, or other healthcare practitioner licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise authorized and trained to perform a forensic medical examination.

(b) A facility or institution providing healthcare services, including but not limited to a hospital or other licensed inpatient center;

ambulatory surgical or treatment center;

skilled nursing facility;

inpatient hospice facility;

residential treatmentcenter;diagnostic, laboratory,orimagingcenter;orrehabilitationorother therapeutic health setting.

* * * (8) "Qualified healthcare professional" means a physician, sexual assault nurse examiner, or other healthcare practitioner licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise authorized and trained to perform a forensic medical examination.

This maybe accomplished through an agreement with a parish or regional sexual assault nurse examiner program, an on call sexual assault nurse examiner employed or contracted by the hospital, or a physician or medical provider with documented training and proficiency on the performance of a forensic medical examination.

Section 2.