{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-28-931","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 28:931","heading":"Definitions; purposes","body":"A. As used in this Part, \"intervention and stabilization unit\" means a type of crisis receiving center in which a staff of mental health and behavioral health specialists provide a high level of screening and assessment to people experiencing mental health or behavioral health crises.\nB. The purposes of an intervention and stabilization unit include, without limitation, all of the following:\n(1) To properly connect patients experiencing mental health or behavioral health crises to either acute or ongoing community-based treatment.\n(2) To diminish the need in a community for recurrent crisis services for persons suffering from mental illness, a substance-related or addictive disorder, or both conditions.\n(3) To serve as a crisis continuum component that assists law enforcement officers, hospital emergency departments, and jails by treating persons with mental health and behavioral health conditions in an appropriate setting.","path":["TITLE 28. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH","PART II. INTERVENTION AND STABILIZATION UNITS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1016554","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:41Z","sha256":"c74d3bab04788f6a023e1bdd14fb904ff998c6c8a5f262ac8a0ee4d46439df4a","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-28-920","next":"us-la/rs-28-932"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}