§ 28:801 This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Louisiana Suicide Prevention Act”.
§ 28:802 For purposes of this Chapter, the following terms have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section:
§ 28:803 A. The legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
§ 28:804 The office of behavioral health may receive and expend funds as may be necessary to carry out the requirements of this Chapter, including but not limited to funds appropriated by the

Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 28 > Chapter 12 > Part I - General Provisions

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Behavioral health: is a term used to refer to both mental health and substance use. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
  • Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
  • Department: means the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
  • Physician: means an individual licensed to practice medicine by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners in active practice or an individual in a post-graduate medical training program of an accredited medical school in Louisiana or a medical officer similarly qualified by the government of the United States while in the state in the performance of his official duties. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
  • Treatment: means an active effort to accomplish an improvement in the mental condition or behavior of a patient or to prevent deterioration in his condition or behavior. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2