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SCASB66 4335 1720 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session ENROLLEDAmendments SENATEproposed BILLbySenate NO.Committee on JudiciaryA to Original Senate Bill No.
66 BYby SENATORSenator HODGESHodges ANDAMENDMENT REPRESENTATIVESNO. CHENEVERT, EDMONSTON AND LARVADAIN AN ACT To enact Subpart I of Part III of Chapter 1 of Code Title V of Code Book I of Title 9 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S.
9:3601 throughOn 360.1,page relative1, toline child17, custody;after "witnesses" insert ", absent extenuating circumstances that would prohibit this procedure" AMENDMENT NO.
to2 provideOn relativepage to2, testimonyat the beginning of medicalline experts4, ininsert certaincircumstances;toproviderelativetotrialprocedureincertaincircumstances;"when practical," Page 1 of 1
and to provide for related matters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
Section 1.
Subpart Iof Part III of Chapter 1 of Code Title V of Code Book Iof Title 9 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S.
9:360 through 360.1, is hereby enacted to read as follows:
SUBPART I.
MEDICAL EXPERT TESTIMONY §360.
Medical expert testimony;
priority for trial In any proceeding in which a medical expert has been subpoenaed to testify based upon allegations of abuse orneglectof achild, the court shall take the testimony of the medical expert in priority to the parties and other witnesses,absentextenuatingcircumstancesthatwouldprohibitthisprocedure.
The court shall take the testimony of the medical expert for all purposes by which the medical expert's appearance is responsive to a subpoena.
§360.1.
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66 ENROLLED The provisions of this Subpart shall apply to child custody proceedings pursuant to Title V of the Civil Code and child in need of care proceedings pursuant to Title VI of the Children's Code.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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