Louisiana legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana HB1052: CHILDRENS CODE: Provides relative to confidentiality policies and procedures pertaining to work product created, received, or maintained by child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary investigative teams
Status: Signed into law, June 8, 2026
What the bill says
An act To amend and reenact R.S. 15:440.8, R.S. 44:4.1(B)(40), and Children's Code Article and to enact Children's Code Articles 525(C), 525.1, and 545(C), relative to confidentiality of records; to provide relative to confidentiality of work product; to provide for a definition; to provide for authorized and prohibited disclosures; to provide for public records exceptions; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 15:440.8, R.S. 44:4.1(B)(40), and Children's Code Article and to enact Children's Code Articles 525(C), 525.1, and 545(C), relative to confidentiality of records; to provide relative to confidentiality of work product; to provide for a definition; to provide for authorized and prohibited disclosures; to provide for public records exceptions; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: Section 1. R.S. 15:440.8 is hereby amended and to read as follows: §440.8. Confidentiality of records; child advocacy centers The files, reports, records, communications, working papers, or videotaped interviews used or developed in providing services under Part II of pursuant to Title V of the Children's Code are confidential and not subject to the Public Records Law. Disclosure of any files, reports, records, communications, or working papers of a child advocacy center may be made only pursuant to Children's Code Article 525 or by order of the juvenile court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to Children's Code Article 412. Disclosure of videotaped interviews of protected persons shall be disclosed either pursuant to R.S. 15:440.1 et seq. or Children's Code Article 322 et seq. Page 1 of CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions. HLS 26RS-2170 ORIGINAL HB NO. …