§ 28:142 — Costs of transportation

§142. Costs of transportation
A. If financially able, the patient or his legal guardian shall pay all costs incident to
transporting the patient to the state psychiatric hospital; otherwise the department, in the case
of a nonresident, or the parish in which the hearing was held, in the case of a resident, shall
pay these costs. If a patient's domicile is in a parish other than that in which the hearing was
held, the former parish shall reimburse the latter for these costs.
B. Fees for transporting patients shall be in accordance with the special laws
establishing fees for transporting prisoners.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1974, No. 294, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §3, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.