LA HB193

Prisoners must exhaust all available administrative remedies before filing a state law claim; suits filed without exhausting remedies will be dismissed and will not interrupt prescription (statute of limitations)

Failure to timely initiate or pursue administrative remedies within deadlines established in R.S. 15:1172(B) or LAC 22:I.325 results in claim abandonment and dismissal with prejudice (permanently barred)

Suits filed while the administrative remedy process is still ongoing will be dismissed without prejudice, allowing refiling after completion

Failure to exhaust administrative remedies may be raised as a peremptory exception under Code of Civil Procedure Article 927

Amends R.S. 15:1184(A)(2) to remove the previous provision that suits were dismissed "without prejudice" when remedies were not exhausted