HB 245

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 2026 Regular Session
  ACT No. 423
 HOUSE BILL NO. 245
 BY REPRESENTATIVE FONTENOT
1AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.2(D)(8)(a) and (D)(9)(a)(i) and 574.22, relative to
3medical parole and medical treatment furlough; to provide notice to certain
4individuals before a hearing on medical parole or medical treatment furlough; to
5provide for medical parole for permanently disabled and terminally ill offenders; and
6to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8Section 1. R.S. 15:574.2(D)(8)(a) and (D)(9)(a)(i) and 574.22 are hereby amended
9 and reenacted to read as follows:
10§574.2. Committee on parole, Board of Pardons; membership; qualifications;
11vacancies; compensation; domicile; venue; meetings; quorum; panels;
12powers and duties; transfer of property to committee; representation of
13applicants before the committee; prohibitions
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15D. In accordance with the provisions of this Part, the committee on parole
16shall have the following powers and duties:
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18(8)(a) To notify the district attorney of the parish where the conviction
19occurred and the attorney general. The notification shall be in writing and shall be
20issued at least ninety days prior to the parole hearing date and at least thirty days
21prior to a medical parole or medical treatment furlough hearing date. The district
22attorney of the parish where the conviction occurred and the attorney general shall
23be allowed to may review the record of the offender since incarceration, including
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1but not limited to any educational or vocational training, rehabilitative program
2participation, disciplinary conduct, and risk assessment score. The district attorney
3and the attorney general shall be allowed to may present testimony to the committee
4on parole and submit information relevant to the proceedings.
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6(9)(a)(i) To notify the victim, or the spouse or next of kin of a deceased
7victim, when the offender is scheduled for a parole hearing. The notification shall
8be in writing and sent by mail or electronic communications no less than at least
9ninety days prior to the parole hearing date and at least thirty days prior to a medical
10parole or medical treatment furlough hearing date. The notice shall advise the
11victim, or the spouse or next of kin of a deceased victim, of how to obtain
12information about their rights with regard to the hearing. The notice is not required
13when the victim, or the spouse or next of kin of a deceased victim, advises the
14committee in writing that such notification is not desired.
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16§574.22. Parole ineligibility
17No person committed to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for
18an offense committed on or after August 1, 2024, shall be is eligible for parole under
19pursuant to this Part except a person who satisfies the provisions of R.S.
2015:574.4(D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (J), or (K), or R.S. 15:574.20(B) or (C).
  SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
  GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
 APPROVED:
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