{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-28-21.1","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 28:21.1","heading":"Substance-related and addictive disorders; treatment in state psychiatric hospitals","body":"A. The Louisiana Department of Health is authorized to accept indigent patients suffering from co-occurring substance-related or addictive disorders and to give such patients the care and treatment required.\nB. The purpose of this Section is to recognize substance-related and addictive disorders as a sickness or disease and to place those suffering from it in the same position relative to obtaining treatment as persons suffering from other diseases.","path":["TITLE 28. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=85121","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:33Z","sha256":"ffe421843b28e437ae6b3621f1add2af906bf76e9c26cb0cbd1bb4b049dbc87a","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-28-21","next":"us-la/rs-28-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}