Louisiana § RS 40:2175.7 - Mandatory reports to law enforcement; human trafficking awareness and prevention training
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§ RS 40:2175.7. Mandatory reports to law enforcement; human trafficking awareness and prevention training
A.(1) Notwithstanding any claim of privileged communication, any mandatory reporter to law enforcement who has cause to believe that a minor or adult female who presents at an outpatient abortion facility is a victim of human trafficking, trafficking of children for sexual purposes, rape, incest, or coerced abortion shall report such crime immediately, or no later than the end of the business day, to the sheriff's department in the parish or local police department where the outpatient abortion facility is located. If the victim does not reside in the parish where the outpatient abortion facility is located, the mandatory reporter to law enforcement shall also report the crime to the law enforcement agency in the parish or county in which the victim resides, if reasonably ascertainable.
(2) The Louisiana Department of Health shall promulgate a form which may be used by a mandatory reporter to law enforcement to report a crime, pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, to the parish or local law enforcement agency.
B.(1) Beginning August 1, 2019, every mandatory reporter to law enforcement shall certify to the Louisiana Department of Health that they have participated in a training on human trafficking awareness and prevention on an annual basis. The department shall maintain the name of each mandatory reporter to law enforcement as confidential, and such information shall not be subject to disclosure pursuant to the Public Records Law.
(2) The Louisiana Department of Health shall promulgate rules to provide for compliance of this Subsection utilizing the online educational videos on human trafficking awareness and prevention provided by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, office on trafficking in persons or such training tools as may be adopted by the department.
C. The provisions of R.S. 40:1061.1 shall apply to this Part.
Acts 2019, No. 280, §3; Acts 2022, No. 545, §3.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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