La. Child. Code art. 1415
Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session effective on or before 7/1/2024, from Acts 1-3, 6-671
If the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the minor has a mental illness or suffers from substance abuse of such severity that hospitalization is necessary and that he can benefit from inpatient treatment, it shall order his continued confinement in a designated treatment facility which is medically suitable and least restrictive of his liberty.
La. Ch.C. § 1415