§ 15:933.1 — Office of juvenile justice; statistical data collection; Louisiana Department of

Louisiana § 15:933.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 15: Criminal Procedure

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§933.1. Office of juvenile justice; statistical data collection; Louisiana Department of
Health
A. For the purpose of assisting the Louisiana Department of Health in identifying
changes in household circumstances for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit
allotments, the office of juvenile justice shall report identifying information to the
department of each juvenile placed under the custody of the office of juvenile justice for a
sentence of nine months or longer. The Louisiana Department of Health shall determine the
required information necessary to identify the juvenile and the juvenile's household.
B. If the juvenile has not reached the age of majority at the time of release, the office
of juvenile justice shall report to the Louisiana Department of Health when the juvenile is
released from custody. For purposes of this Section, the age of majority means a child under
the age of twenty-two.
C. The office of juvenile justice shall inform the Louisiana Department of Health
no later than forty-five days prior to release of the juvenile from custody. If the office of
juvenile justice is unable to provide notice forty-five days prior to release due to a
modification of a disposition by a court, the office shall notify the department within
twenty-four hours of receipt of the modified disposition.
D. Upon receipt of a report from the office of juvenile justice pursuant to this
Section, the Louisiana Department of Health shall adjust the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program benefits for the juvenile's household to reflect the change in
circumstance.

Legislative History

Acts 2024, No. 606, §1; Acts 2025, No. 478, §4, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.