Health & Welfare

Provides for the Nursing Home Choice Act. (8/1/26)

Provides relative to vital records stored by the Louisiana Department of Health. (gov sig)

Establishes a Perinatal Bereavement Care Initiative within the Louisiana Department of Health. (8/1/26) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to telehealth. (gov sig)

Provides for an additional exemption to the definition of food service establishment. (8/1/26) (OR -$6,425 SG RV See Note)

Provides relative to eye care providers. (gov sig)

Abolishes the Department of Children and Family Services. (10/1/26)

Provides for access to medical marijuana for terminally ill patients in a healthcare facility. (8/1/26)

Provides relative to inpatient licensed facilities. (8/1/26)

Provides relative to term limits for certain hospital service district commissioners. (8/1/26)

Provides relative to the pathway to independency workforce training and education initiative. (8/1/26) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to treatments for veterans. (8/1/26)

Creates a pre-Spectrum Alert action plan. (8/1/26)

Provides relative to medical pronouncement of death. (8/1/26)

Provides relative to ambulance providers. (8/1/26)

Provides relative to child welfare. (8/1/26)

Provides for the menhaden fishery. (8/1/26)

Provides relative to nursing home licenses. (8/1/26) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to hospital service districts. (8/1/26)

Provides relative to Medicaid. (8/1/26)

Provides relative to adult residential care providers. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the Local Healthcare Provider Participation Program. (gov sig)

Defines the Residual Malpractice Insurance Authority. (8/1/26)

Provides relative to esthetics. (8/1/26)

Provides relative to psychedelic-assisted therapy. (8/1/26)

Provides relative to nursing facilities. (gov sig)

Provides relative to children in foster care. (8/1/26)

Provides for an extension to the moratorium for nursing facilities. (8/1/26)

Provides for the regulation of mental health chatbots that use artificial intelligence technology. (gov sig)

Requires public schools to offer a mental health assessment to certain students (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to fees collected by the Louisiana Department of Health

Establishes the Medicaid Trust Fund for Addiction Recovery (EN INCREASE RV See Note)

Reorganizes the Department of Children and Family Services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to the practice of audiology and speech-language pathology

Provides relative to healthcare providers displaying evidence of proper licensure in advertising (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Transfers powers and duties of the Nursing Supply and Demand Council and the Simulation Medical Training and Education Council to the Louisiana Health Works Commission

Provides relative to certain pregnancy screenings. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to behavioral health rehabilitation services in the Louisiana medical assistance program. (gov sig)

Provides relative to use of emergency certificates for formal voluntary admission. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to child welfare. (See Act) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the dispensing of ivermectin. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the Interstate Dental and Dental Hygiene Licensure Compact (EN +$3,700 SG RV See Note)

Urges the Louisiana State University School of Public Health to change the recommended age for breast cancer screening

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to propose solutions to the SANE nurse shortage.

Memorializes Congress to take action relative to the corporate practice of medicine.

Memorializes Congress to take action relative to the use of prior authorization processes.

Provides for the personal needs allowance of residents in nursing homes and other facilities (EN +$893,660 GF EX See Note)

Modifies the Louisiana Doula Registry Board within the Louisiana Department of Health and provides for respective regulatory authority (EN +$2,495 FF EX See Note)

Provides for forensic medical examinations of sexual assault survivors

Provides relative to Medicaid coverage through the TEFRA option program (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners. (8/1/25)

Requires Medicaid coverage for certain doula services (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Authorizes psychologists and medical psychologists to evaluate a patient via telehealth for emergency certificates

Provides relative to the Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV)

Provides relative to care for nonveterans

Provides relative to the Civilian Honor Medal Program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Provides relative to retention and archiving of records in the state prescription monitoring program

Repeals the termination date of the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to the donation of source plasma

Provides for the Drug Policy Board

Provides relative to the supervision of physical therapist assistants

Provides relative to a minor's consent for medical procedures and treatments

Provides for healthcare facilities located in hospital service districts

Provides relative to public water systems. (1/1/26) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Provides relative to obstetric care. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to Medicaid and private insurance coverage for perimenopausal and menopausal care (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to standards for psychiatric hospitals and residential substance abuse facilities (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Creates the Louisiana Remote Patient Monitoring Program Law (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to healthcare outcomes for patient's suffering with behavioral health issues

Requires continuing education for the treatment of sickle cell disease for physicians and physician assistants

Creates the office of surgeon general within the Louisiana Department of Health (EN GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to pharmacist authorization to dispense HIV pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis

Provides relative to the regulation of medical marijuana

Provides relative to seafood safety. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to stock emergency medications

Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana Sickle Cell Commission

Requires the office of juvenile justice to report if a juvenile is placed in custody for the adjustment of SNAP benefits (EN SEE FISC NOTE)

Provides relative to sickle cell disease management and treatment plan for students diagnosed with sickle cell disease (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Creates a pilot program for Medicaid recipients to utilize portable oxygen concentrators. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the Children's Cabinet Advisory Board

Provides for the Adoption Awareness Act. (8/1/24) (EN +$334,379 FF EX See Note)

Requests the Department of Children and Family Services to seek a waiver from the federal government to limit access to unhealthy foods

Urges and requests the United States Food and Drug Administration to regulate tattoo ink

Continues the Health Disparities in Rural Areas Task Force

Creates the Postpartum Newborn Nurse Home Visiting Task Force

Memorializes the United States Congress and the United States Department of Agriculture to grant Louisiana a waiver to remove unhealthy foods from the list of approved foods that may be purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits

Requests the Department of Children and Family Services to study the feasibility of implementing a 233 helpline as an additional resource for sexual abuse victims in this state

Establishes the Task Force on Obesity Care, Cost, and Value to address the chronic disease of obesity in Louisiana.

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to work with stakeholders to develop a plan for the reestablishment of a nursing home following a natural disaster.

Provides relative to the licensing of "PACE" program providers (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

Creates the Preserving Lawful Utilization of Services for Veterans Act. (gov sig)

Requires support services for individuals with dementia (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Authorizes the installation and use of newborn safety devices at infant relinquishment sites designated in the Safe Haven Law. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Provides relative to the Louisiana Tumor Registry. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Provides for an informational document to be made available to pregnant mothers following the diagnosis of a fetal abnormality with respect to their unborn child. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to work requirements within the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Provides for hypertension screening. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to postpartum depression. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to the practice of psychology. (8/1/24) (EN +$44,925 SG RV See Note)

Directs the Louisiana Department of Health to evaluate the current standards for psychiatric hospitals and residential substance abuse facilities and make recommendations to the legislature

Provides relative to the Louisiana State Interagency Coordinating Council for EarlySteps

Provides relative to third-party liability requirements arising for prior authorizations and state claim inquiries

Provides relative to emergency medical services. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to noncompetition agreements. (8/1/24)

Provides relative to marijuana for therapeutic use. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)

Provides relative to seafood safety. (1/1/25) (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Creates the Alzheimer's and Related Dementias Advisory Council within the Louisiana Department of Health. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to increase eligibility requirements for the Medicaid Purchase Plan.

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to develop a strategy for statewide implementation of ODMAP.

Provides relative to psychologists

Memorializes Congress to compel the United States Food and Drug Administration to fulfill its duties regarding inspection and testing of imported seafood

Requests a study to make recommendations regarding behavioral health courts

Provides relative to certain federally-regulated information (EG SEE FISC NOTE)

Provides relative to prescribing, administering, and dispensing of drugs for off-label use

Requires the Department of Health to amend the Medicaid state plan to include certain additional pregnancy and postpartum coverage. (7/1/25) (EG +$7,769,540 GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to facility need review for certain healthcare providers (EG +$535,824 GF EX See Note)

Creates the Community Responder Task Force to study the implementation of a partnership between law enforcement agencies, behavioral health providers, and hospitals.

Provides for certain nursing facilities within the South Lafourche Levee District. (8/1/24)

Provides relative to behavioral health. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to program integrity in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. (gov sig) (OR +$179,920 EX See Note)

Provides relative to physical therapists. (8/1/24)

Provides relative to nurses.(8/1/24)

Prohibits certain procedures to alter the sex of a minor child

Provides relative to telemedicine access for coroners

Provides for visitation policies at certain healthcare facilities and requires that such policies allow for in-person visitation (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to the dispensing of medical marijuana

Creates a subcommittee to study nonmelanoma skin cancer prevention and treatment

Memorializes the United States Congress to adopt strategies for improving access to dental care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Creates the Imported Seafood Safety Task Force to study and make recommendations regarding the funding and enforcement of imported seafood regulations

Provides for a Commemorative Certificate of Miscarried Child (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Provides relative to medicaid coverage of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. (1/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Provides relative to telehealth services. (1/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to a smoking cessation benefits program (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

To urge and request the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry, and the Louisiana State Board of Nursing to verify and provide public access to collaborative practice agreements.

Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health to amend the state Medicaid plan to extend pregnancy coverage to individuals at or below 185% of the federal poverty level.

Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health to assist in the development of a public service campaign to foster awareness and education on perinatal mental health care.

Provides relative to the Louisiana Community Health Worker Workforce Board (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the practice of optometry. (8/1/23)

Provides relative to Medicaid reimbursement for services provided by a licensed midwife or certified nurse midwife. (8/1/23) (EN +$39,972 GF EX See Note)

Provides for fees on emergency ground ambulance providers and the disposition of fees (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Requests study by Louisiana Department of Health to consider Medicaid coverage of gene therapy

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to authorize coverage through the Medicaid program for portable oxygen concentrators, when medically necessary.

Provides relative to the sale of certain vapor products for electronic cigarettes and similar devices (RE2 DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Provides relative to nursing education

Creates the Task Force on Alopecia Awareness.

Provides relative to Medicaid coverage for the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the use of a surgical smoke plume evacuation system. (8/1/23) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to hospital service districts and scholarships for certain healthcare professionals. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Designates a portion of law as the "Lane Allen Gottschalck Law"

Provides relative to the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Council

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to apply for a waiver from the United States Department of Heath and Human Services to allow Medicaid reimbursement for individuals, including juveniles in detention.

Creates the Year-Round Healthy Child Task Force.

Provides relative to nursing home requirements and standards for emergency preparedness plans

Establishes a state sickle cell disease registry (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to athletic training

Provides relative to non-emergency medical transportation services within the La. Medicaid program

Provides with respect to certified ambulance operators

Provides relative to parishes eligible for the local healthcare provider participation program

Provides with respect to parties to whom the state registrar of vital records may issue a death certificate

Provides relative to emergency preparedness plans for nursing homes. (gov sig)

Provides relative to pharmacist licensure by reciprocity. (8/1/22) (EN +$450 SG RV See Note)

Extends the termination date of the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council for three years. (8/1/22)

Prohibits the sale of certain abortion-inducing drugs without a prescription and provides for criminal penalties. (8/1/22) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to permits issued by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy. (8/1/22) (EN +$16,500 SG RV See Note)

Provides relative to the state central registry. (8/1/22) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to facility need review. (8/1/22) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to emergency preparedness among licensed nursing homes (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Reforms the state systems for regulating the production of marijuana for therapeutic use and for the dispensing of such product (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Provides relative to specialized behavioral health rehabilitation services in the Louisiana medical assistance program. (gov sig)

Enacts reforms to address workplace violence in healthcare settings (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides requirements for the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model (EN INCREASE EX See Note)

Provides relative to the filling of a vacancy on the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry. (8/1/22)

Authorizes behavioral health services providers to furnish services to clients and patients regardless of those persons' location within the state

Provides relative to screening of children for autism spectrum disorder

Increases the gross annual sales threshold under which a home-based preparer of low-risk foods may qualify for the protections of the statute known commonly as the cottage food law

Provides relative to the governing commission of the Jackson Parish Hospital Service District

Provides relative to off-site locations of behavioral health service providers

Provides relative to legal advisor services for the Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority

Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners. (8/1/22)

Provides relative to the display of pharmacy permits. (8/1/22)

Urges and requests the La. Department of Health to utilize increased collections from pharmacy rebates to increase rates for primary care providers in the Medicaid program

Provides for release of opt-out information to the public when state law requires a vaccination or immunization

Continues the Healthcare Workplace Violence Task Force created by HCR No. 121 of the 2021 RS

Requests the Nursing Supply and Demand Council to study and make recommendations to improve statewide nurse retention in response to the nursing workforce shortage.

Removes the termination provision applicable to the therapeutic use of marijuana law

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health and Louisiana commercial health insurance payors to increase reimbursement rates for autism therapy services.

Provides relative to alternate electrical power sources in nursing facilities. (gov sig)

Commends and honors the pregnancy care centers of Louisiana

Urges and requests the Louisiana Alzheimer's Coalition to submit its Alzheimer's state plan no later than March 31, 2023

Provides for authority, responsibilities, and physician collaboration of a physician's assistant. (8/1/22)

Requests a study and recommendations to the legislature concerning means by which to eliminate "benefits cliffs" in public assistance programs

Creates a task force to study the implementation of a partnership between law enforcement agencies and behavioral health providers.

Provides relative to Medicaid coverage for genetic testing of critically ill infants with no diagnosis. (8/1/22) (EG +$937,115 GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the Louisiana Commission for the Deaf. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Includes addiction counselors and other behavioral health providers within the definition of "healthcare provider" in the La. Telehealth Access Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to healthcare provider credentialing in the Medicaid managed care program

Provides for settings in which medication attendant services may be provided

Provides relative to factors which qualify hospitals for major teaching hospital status

Provides relative to the comprehensive sports injury management program for student athletics

Provides relative to the Louisiana Emergency Response Network. (8/1/22)

Provides relative to reporting certain information relating to minors who undergo abortions (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Requests a comprehensive assessment and report on substance use disorder treatment capacity and needs statewide

Forms a working group to study the unique needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and co-occurring behavioral health conditions

Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana Health Works Commission. (8/1/22)

Directs the office of public health to conduct a comprehensive assessment of this state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study and make recommendations on the use of pooled trusts by certain Medicaid enrollees over the age of 65.

Requests the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services to enact policies relative to truant children who may be trafficked.

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study and make recommendations on best practices for coordinating services for patients with cancer.

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study programs implemented in other states or through Medicaid waiver programs to evaluate options for delaying institutionalization for frail elders.

Provides relative to reimbursement for pharmacist clinical services in Louisiana's Medicaid program. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Repeals administrative rules of the La. Department of Health adding COVID vaccines to the state immunization schedule and requiring schools to prohibit in-person attendance by certain unvaccinated students

Reestablishes a task force to study the implementation of a partnership between law enforcement agencies and safety net hospitals in order to reduce or eliminate incidents of law enforcement officers handling nonviolent calls or behavioral or social crises where no crime has been committed.

Provides relative to the facility need review process for healthcare facilities and providers

Provides relative to Medicaid reimbursement for pharmacy services. (8/1/22) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to statewide protocols for pharmacists. (8/1/22)

Provides relative to advanced practice registered nursing. (gov sig)

Provides relative to privacy of immunization status. (8/1/22)

Prohibits denial of healthcare services based on vaccination status. (8/1/22)

Provides relative to the authority of the Louisiana Emergency Response Network during an emergency or disaster. (8/1/22)

Constitutional amendment to provide for freedom from discrimination relative to immunization status. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))

Provides for state agency partnerships to improve Medicaid administration and program integrity (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Requires reporting of certain information relating to minors who undergo abortions (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to restroom access for individuals with certain conditions

Establishes requirements concerning reports of abortions performed or induced (EN GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to specialized behavioral health rehabilitation services in the Louisiana medical assistance program. (8/1/21)

Provides relative to permanent placement of children in custody of the state. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to treatment facilities for mental health patients

Amends the definition of "caretaker" in laws pertaining to child in need of care proceedings

Urges and requests the La. Department of Health to convene an opioid action summit

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to establish a pilot program to increase prostate cancer awareness and education

Requests that certain state agencies address the impacts of maternal depression and anxiety and provide evidence-based preventive care, early identification, and treatment services

Creates a domestic violence fatality review team within the Louisiana Department of Health (EN +$160,823 GF EX See Note)

Adds mucopolysaccharidosis type I and glycogen storage disorder type II to the state's newborn screening panel (EN +$187,717 GF EX See Note)

Establishes the Rare Disease Advisory Council within the Louisiana Department of Health (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides for definitions and exemptions relative to telemedicine and telehealth

Provides relative to destruction of imported food which is subject to an import ban

Amends laws relative to home health care

Provides relative to the Louisiana Social Work Practice Act. (1/1/22)

Provides relative to mental health rehabilitation services contracts with Medicaid managed care organizations. (1/1/22) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Requests the office of public health, Louisiana Department of Health, to provide a comprehensive list of all schools, kindergartens, colleges, universities, proprietary schools, vocational schools, and licensed day care centers that have sought approval of the office to require a COVID-19 immunization pursuant to R.S. 17:170(A)(3).

Requests the Department of Health to provide for equitable access to transformative therapies for sickle cell disease.

Re-creates and continues the work of the task force to study and make recommendations concerning health services delivery and financing in the Baton Rouge region.

Allows full practice authority for advanced practice registered nurses

Requests the Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund Board to gather certain information and present their findings to the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.

Provides relative to public health programs and services related to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

Creates and provides for the Community Drinking Water Infrastructure Sustainability Act. (8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to telehealth services provided by licensed hearing aid dealers. (8/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to the terms of the members of the Louisiana Behavior Analyst Board. (8/1/21)

Creates the office on women's health within the La. Department of Health (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Requests the La. Department of Health to authorize coverage through the Medicaid managed care program for services delivered by chiropractic physicians

Authorizes and directs health care professional licensing boards to evaluate potential models for an independent scope of practice review for this state.

Requests a study regarding potential means of financing dental care for adult residents of intermediate care facilities

Provides relative to the delivery of Medicaid-funded services for persons with disabilities (EG1 +$292,964 GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to employment in intermediate care facilities on nonlicensed persons convicted of certain offenses

Provides relative to the payment of pharmacy claims. (See Act) (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Provides relative to the Louisiana Medical Assistance Program. (gov sig) (EG +$3,413,770 GF EX See Note)

Creates the office on women's health within the Louisiana Department of Health. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to gender therapy and minors. (8/1/21)

Requires the La. Department of Health to allow visitation of residents at intermediate care facilities by residents' family members during a public health emergency (Item #28)

Requires regular reporting of the number of school-age children known to have an infectious disease during a public health emergency relating to the disease (Item #28) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides for the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact (REPLICA). (7/1/21) (Item #44) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

Provides access for patients of hospitals and residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other adult residential care homes to members of the clergy who volunteer to minister and provide religious sacraments and services, counseling, and mental health support during COVID-19 and other public health emergencies. (gov sig) (Item #28)

Requests the La. Dept. of Health to submit documentation to the federal Medicaid agency to provide financial relief for providers of services for people with developmental disabilities (Item #28)

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to report on the use and results of hydroxychloroquine for treating Medicaid recipients relative to COVID-19.

Provides for immunizations, including the COVID-19 vaccine, to be administered by pharmacists. (See Act) (Item #40)

Provides relative to COVID-19 vaccinations. (gov sig) (Item #40)

Creates the Louisiana COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force (gov sig) (Item #40) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the licensing of health care providers after an emergency or disaster. (gov sig) (Item #32)

Provides relative to waiver of certain dental licensing requirements during a declared state of emergency

Authorizes local hospital assessments in certain parishes to fund the nonfederal share of Medicaid costs of health care provided in those parishes (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

Establishes the Council on the Children of Incarcerated Parents and Caregivers and repeals the termination of the Children's Cabinet (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Creates and provides for a retired volunteer dental hygienist license (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Authorizes the recommendation of medical marijuana for additional conditions and allows any state-licensed physician to recommend medical marijuana

Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana Sickle Cell Commission

Provides relative to the comprehensive sports injury management program for student athletics (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Reestablishes the Louisiana Toxic Mold Task Force

Provides relative to emergency medical services protocols in certain life-threatening situations

Authorizes the Louisiana Department of Health office of behavioral health to conduct reviews of deaths of persons served by the office

Requests an update from the Louisiana Department of Health and the division of administration on efforts to establish an application or system to track the incidence and spread of COVID-19

Provides for therapeutic group homes licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health. (gov sig)

Requests a report on actions by the La. Dept. of Health and Medicaid managed care organizations to comply with federal rules on interoperability of health records and patient access to health information

Adds chronic pain associated with fibromyalgia to the set of conditions qualifying a patient for treatment with medical marijuana

Provides relative to nonemergency medical transportation services in Medicaid managed care

Authorizes recommendation of medical marijuana by physicians for patients in hospice or palliative care

Adds chronic pain associated with sickle cell disease to the set of conditions qualifying a patient for treatment with medical marijuana

Provides for delivery of medical marijuana to patients by marijuana pharmacies

Provides relative to the composition of the La. State Board of Nursing

Provides for the repeal of certain inactive or obsolete laws. (8/1/20)

Provides relative to the licensure of pharmacies dispensing therapeutic marijuana. (gov sig) (OR INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Provides relative to the licensure of hospice providers. (8/1/20)

Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. (2/3 - CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/20)

Provides relative to rural hospitals. (8/1/20)

Provides relative to specialized behavioral health rehabilitation services in the Louisiana medical assistance program. (8/1/20)

Provides relative to employment, education, and related service for FITAP participants. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the Louisiana Social Work Practice Act. (8/1/20)

Provides for the therapeutic use of marijuana. (8/1/20)

Provides relative to the Medical Assistance Programs Integrity Law. (8/1/20)

Provides for reporting requirements for training on human trafficking awareness and prevention. (8/1/20)

Provides relative to immunizations. (8/1/20) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to prescriptions for opioids. (8/1/20)

Provides relative to immunizations administered by pharmacists. (8/1/20)

Provides relative to beverages in children's meals. (8/1/20)

Removes the sunset provision for the authorization of use of therapeutic marijuana. (8/1/20)

Provides relative to health care emergency visit alternative treatment reimbursement. (8/1/20)

Provides relative to the use of bed rails in nursing home facilities. (8/1/20)

Provides for the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact (REPLICA). (gov sig)

Establishes requirements for physicians and abortion facilities relative to medical records of women upon whom abortions are performed

Provides relative to prescribing and dispensing of opioid drugs

Establishes the TEFRA option within the La. Medicaid program to serve children with disabilities (EN +$9,340,656 GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to prohibited employment of licensed ambulance personnel or nonlicensed persons convicted of certain offenses

Revises the definition of abortion

Provides for the Healthcare Coverage for Louisiana Families Protection Act. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to youth in the foster care program. (gov sig) (EN +$1,575,758 GF EX See Note)

Authorizes a data system for collection of information on health effects and outcomes associated with medical marijuana (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Provides relative to definitions, policies, and procedures of Medicaid managed care organizations (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to denials of provider claims and prior authorization requests by Medicaid managed care organizations (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to criminal history record checks for certain licenses issued by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy

Provides relative to the assignment of rights to the Department of Children and Family Services of individuals whose children are in foster care

Provides relative to the membership of the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry

Provides relative to abortion and the Woman's Right to Know law. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the statewide immunization registry. (gov sig)

Prohibits the mislabeling of milk products. (8/1/19)

Provides relative to criminal history record information obtained by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. (8/1/19) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health study the treatment of victims of sexual assault

Provides relative to pharmacy record audits

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to take all steps necessary to approve peer support services as a Medicaid covered service.

Provides relative to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers. (See Act) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to issue regulations to allow the establishment of new opioid treatment programs and methadone dosing sites

Provides for the potential addition of mucopolysaccharidosis type I and Pompe disease to the state's newborn screening panel

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study the feasibility of issuing a certification card to individuals with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis

Requests a study concerning the potential use of monitoring devices in the rooms of residents of intermediate care facilities for people with developmental disabilities

Requests a study concerning the benefits and costs of online delivery of certain training required for medication attendants

Provides relative to certificates of stillbirth

Designates a lead agency over the Interagency Heroin and Opioid Coordination Plan.

Requests the La. Department of Health to add Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) to the state's newborn screening panel.

Increases the number of hours of continuing education required for hearing aid dealers that may be taken on the internet or through correspondence courses from three continuing education units to seven units. (8/1/19)

Provides for a direct primary care agreement with a dental practice. (8/1/19)

Provides relative to the qualifications for certified medication attendants. (8/1/19)

Provides for rights of qualified organ transplant candidates who have a disability

Provides for calculation of Medicaid per diem rates for certain intermediate care facilities for people with developmental disabilities (EG1 +$894,496 GF EX See Note)

Prohibits Medicaid managed care organizations from denying opportunities to behavioral health services providers for enrollment in provider networks (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to rental housing. (gov sig)

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to submit a report on the implementation of Act 582 of the 2018 Regular Session relative to specialized behavioral health rehabilitation services in the Louisiana Medicaid program.

Memorializes Congress to take actions to pass the Disability Integration Act of 2019.

Provides relative to emergency medical services. (8/1/19)

Provides relative to Medicaid pharmacy services. (8/1/19)

To memorialize the United States Congress to review the recent decision by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to allow for Step Therapy for Part B treatments.

Provides relative to the state medical assistance program. (8/1/19)

Provides relative to the Louisiana Cancer Research Center. (gov sig)

Creates the crime of government benefits fraud (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Requires reporting of data on healthcare provider claims submitted to Medicaid managed care organizations

Provides relative to the collection and reporting of certain data regarding students with exceptionalities. (gov sig) (EG1 NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Provides relative to the Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee. (8/1/18)

Authorizes nursing home residents or their legal representatives to have monitoring devices installed in those residents' rooms (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to prescription drug pricing. (8/1/18) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Requires public safety telecommunicators who provide dispatch for emergency medical conditions be trained in the delivery of telephone CPR. (8/1/18)

Provides for access to behavioral health services providers in schools

Provides relative to the Louisiana Licensed Professional Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors Board of Examiners

Provides relative to water system testing at certain businesses which apply for or hold retail food permits

Amends provisions of law regarding emergency medical response vehicles (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to abortion clinics and services. (8/1/18) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to contracts for Medicaid pharmacy benefit management services. (8/1/18)

Provides relative to a single uniform prescription drug prior authorization form. (See Act) (RE SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

Creates a study committee to evaluate Louisiana's prevalence of tobacco-related illnesses resulting from secondhand smoke exposure

Requests a study concerning means by which to improve the Medicaid estate recovery functions of the La. Department of Health

Provides relative to the prohibition on public funding for entities that perform abortions (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides for implementation of the zero suicide initiative and a state suicide prevention plan (EN SEE FISC NOTE FF EX See Note)

Extends and provides for the Louisiana Obesity Prevention and Management Commission. (gov sig)

Provides for minimum standards for elevator access to multistory courthouses for the disabled community. (8/1/18) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to health profession licensing board membership. (8/1/18)

Provides relative to the prescription monitoring program. (8/1/18)

Requests the attorney general to file an amicus brief in federal court to support Mississippi in that state's litigation to ban elective abortions after fifteen weeks gestation

Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health and other parties to study jointly the language in the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Article 648

Provides relative to the clinical laboratory personnel committee. (8/1/18)

Prohibits a health insurance issuer from denying a nonopioid prescription in favor of an opioid prescription. (8/1/18)

Extends legislative authority for the Louisiana Behavior Analyst Board. (7/1/18) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides for an independent review process in Medicaid managed care program for dental services claims (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Provides relative to drug paraphernalia

Provides relative to pharmacist communication with patients. (8/1/18)

Requests a study of the delivery of emergency medical services.

Establishes a workforce training pilot initiative to serve public assistance recipients in certain regions (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Requests a study of cost-effective means by which to facilitate emergency access to epinephrine at public places

Enacts the Adoption Option Act providing for information on adoption to be conveyed pursuant to the Woman's Right To Know law

Provides relative to the John J. Hainkel, Jr. Home and Rehabilitation Center (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides for an expedited licensing process and associated fees for facilities and providers licensed by the La. Department of Health (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Provides relative to the Louisiana Commission on HIV, AIDS, and Hepatitis C

Requires students who are entering eleventh grade or who are 16 and entering any grade to provide satisfactory evidence of current immunization against meningococcal disease as a condition of school entry (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides with respect to reporting requirements for a victim of a sexually-oriented criminal offense

Provides relative to access to certain information for purposes of child support enforcement

Provides relative to child welfare information. (gov sig)

Provides for the repeal of the hospital prospective reimbursement methodology. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to access to prescription monitoring information. (8/1/18)

Provides relative to veterinarians. (8/1/18)

Requests a study concerning the prospective establishment of a state prescription drug importation program

Provides relative to laws concerning abortion based on genetic abnormality

Provides for the licensing of acupuncturists

Revises the definition of "approved college of pharmacy" as used in the Louisiana Pharmacy Practice Act

Provides relative to prescriptions for controlled dangerous substances. (8/1/18)

Provides relative to a voluntary nonopioid directive form. (8/1/18) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

Requires retail food establishments to maintain and promote community hygiene as part of standardized business practices. (8/1/18) (RE +$75,000 SG RV See Note)

Requests the La. Department of Health to add Severe Combined Immunodeficiency to the state's newborn screening panel

Requests the Department of Children and Family Services to study extending the age of foster care to age twenty-one.

Re-creates the Department of Children and Family Services

Provides relative to behavioral health services providers. (gov sig)

Provides relative to advanced practice registered nursing. (8/1/18)

Provides for military educational training to be used in lieu of college educational training in the licensure of physicians assistants. (8/1/18)

Requires that levels of THC be carefully monitored in order to ensure optimal therapeutic values for medicines produced from any lawfully cultivated Cannabis plants. (8/1/18)

Provides relative to the reimbursement methodology for nursing homes. (8/1/18) (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)

Provides relative to electronic prescribing of noncontrolled legend drugs. (8/1/18)

Provides relative to advertising by physicians. (8/1/18)

Provides relative to Medicaid managed care organizations. (8/1/18)

Provides relative to Medicaid managed care for individuals receiving long-term services and supports. (8/1/18) (OR +$1,250,000 GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to tasks performed by direct service workers. (8/1/18)

Provides relative to the sale of raw milk by a farmer to a consumer. (8/1/18)

Provides relative to opportunities to promote work and community engagement among Medicaid recipients. (8/1/18)

Provides for a work and community engagement initiative within the Medicaid program (Item #13) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to opportunities to promote work and community engagement among Medicaid recipients. (Item #13) (gov sig)

Provides for licensure and regulation of community-based care facilities (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Amends laws relative to behavioral health and mental health to provide for current practice and appropriate terminology

Provides relative to the state central registry for child abuse and neglect (RR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides for an independent claims review process within the Medicaid managed care program (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to pharmacy reimbursement by managed care organizations (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides for the regulation of the practice of physical therapy (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Provides relative to drinking water standards (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Requires drug manufacturers to provide information regarding prescription drug prices (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to the prescription monitoring program. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

Provides relative to the Children's Cabinet and the Child Poverty Prevention Council of Louisiana. (8/1/17)

Provides relative to devices authorized for use by the Right To Try Act

Creates the Advisory Council on Heroin and Opioid Prevention and Education (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Requires reports to the assessor concerning deaths occurring in the state (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

Requires proof of identification from parents for an unemancipated minor child to obtain an abortion based upon parental consent and requires court-ordered counseling if it is suspected that the minor is a victim of criminal sexual exploitation. (8/1/17) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Provides relative to prescribers of controlled dangerous substances. (See Act) (EN +$78,781 SG EX See Note)

Provides relative to emergency ground ambulance service providers. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)

Creates a task force to study Louisiana's current statewide system of healthcare delivery for Medicaid enrollees with serious mental illness

Requests state-level collaboration on cancer investigation and local public health notifications regarding cancer incidence

Creates the Task Force on Secure Care Standards and Auditing.

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health take all necessary steps to bring attention to the need to eliminate pain as the fifth vital sign and a determinant of quality patient care

Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to study providing notifications to residents and the feasibility of providing free medical monitoring after the release of toxic air emissions from certain facilities.

Declares the proliferation of pornography among Louisiana children to be a public health hazard

Memorializes the U.S. Congress to authorize investigation and prosecution of Medicaid recipient fraud by state Medicaid fraud control units

Establishes a permit fee for milk and dairy farms and plants (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG RV)

Authorizes local needle exchange programs

Creates the Louisiana Bullying Awareness and Treatment Task Force

Provides relative to the Medicaid long-term care services system (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Requests a study and recommendations concerning reporting of child abuse and neglect in military families

Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to study the desirability and feasibility of increasing the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to twenty-one

Memorializes the United States Congress to pass the Trickett Wendler Right to Try Act of 2017

Authorizes the state Department of Education and the Louisiana Department of Health to survey students regarding certain risk behavior associated with chronic health conditions. (gov sig)

Authorizes a home- and community-based services provider to recoup the cost of a preemployment background check

Provides for a rural health clinic look-alike. (8/1/17) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to regulation of advertising by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. (gov sig)

Provides relative to the composition of the La. State Board of Nursing (EG NO IMPACT SG RV See Note)

Revises provider fees assessed on nursing homes by the Department of Health and Hospitals (EN +$16,928,449 SD RV See Note)

Prohibits post-abortion harvesting of fetal remains and requires burial or cremation of such remains

Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Examiners in Dietetics and Nutrition

Provides relative to transportation of children to be admitted to a treatment facility under a physician's emergency commitment certificate

Authorizes and provides for behavioral health intervention and stabilization units (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Requires screening of newborns for Krabbe disease (EN +$798,907 GF EX See Note)

Provides relative to the Specialized Provider Licensing Act. (See Act) (EN SG RV See Note)

Provides relative to the Medicaid provider claims review process (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Provides relative to the delivery of nutrition services

Establishes the Commission on Preventing Opioid Abuse

Establishes a consortium of emergency care facilities designated in the Safe Haven Law and provides for a registry of such facilities

Directs the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to evaluate and report on prospective models for improving care management in the Bayou Health program

Provides for patient access to physical therapy services without a prescription or referral from a physician. (gov sig)

Provides relative to background checks for persons applying for licensure by the La. State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners

Provides for administrative hearings for property or assets frozen by the Department of Children and Family Services

Establishes procedure if immediate jeopardy violation is identified in a nursing home survey. (8/1/16)

Requests a study of systems for providing appropriate mental health and behavioral health treatment in the capital region

Prohibits entities that perform abortions from receiving public funding for any purpose (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides for a fee on emergency ground ambulance service providers (EN +$2,497,957 SD RV See Note)

Provides relative to the Council on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. (gov sig)

Creates the Louisiana Workplace Wellness Study Commission to study the importance of healthy vending on state-operated properties.

Creates a task force to study meaningful oversight of the professional healthcare licensing boards statutorily created within the Department of Health and Hospitals.

Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to submit a report by October 1, 2016, and to add Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) to the newborn screening panel no later than August 1, 2017.

Provides for the Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act

Provides relative to the practice of telemedicine in licensed healthcare facilities

Provides for pharmacist dispensing exceptions. (gov sig)

Establishes an application fee for a new marijuana pharmacy permit and limits eligibility for the permit

Requests completion of a study regarding continuing contact by parents and other relatives with children in need of care

Continues the study committee to evaluate the statewide system of healthcare delivery created by HCR No. 170 of the 2015 R.S.

Provides relative to fees charged for burial at a state veterans cemetery

Adds to the membership of the Child Protection Representation Commission

Provides relative to qualifications of physicians who perform elective abortions

Provides relative to the membership and functions of the La. State Child Death Review Panel

Provides for medical marijuana. (See Act) (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Provides for telehealth access. (8/1/16)

Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to evaluate and report on increasing access to vital records at parish health units.

Creates a study group to make recommendations concerning the prospective establishment of an independent health professions scope of practice review committee

Provides for an official symbol to identify emergency care facilities designated in the Safe Haven Law

Requires adult residential care providers to disseminate educational information on influenza

Urges the office of behavioral health to raise awareness of addictive disorders involving abuse of inhalants

Provides for the practice of acupuncture

Adds certain legislators to the governing board of the Northeast Delta Human Services Authority. (8/1/16)

Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to evaluate and report on funding solutions for in-home support providers.

To provide for a funding formula for new hospitals that are in adversely impacted areas with limited patient access. (8/1/16) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Provides for staffing standards at ambulatory surgical centers. (8/1/16)

Prohibits the sale of infant formula or baby food that is stored in plastic containers, jars, or cans that contain bisphenol-A. (8/1/16)

Provides for work requirements for SNAP beneficiaries. (gov sig)