The 2024 Regular Session of the Louisiana began at 12 noon on Monday, March 11, and must adjourn sine die no later than 6 p.m. on Monday, June 3. The LAFP Board of Directors and Legislative and Advocacy Committee recently met and reviewed all of the bills that have been filed. Over 1,000 bills were introduced, with the LAFP following 66 House bills and 63 Senate bills. Click here to view the full LAFP tracking list.
We need YOUR help to be successful this Session!
We have provided a checklist of items to complete before Session starts that will help us in protecting your profession.
- Find out who your legislators are.
Click here to find your legislators and get into contact with them before Session.
- Verify and update your Voter Voice information.
Voter Voice is an essential way to let your voice be heard during Session. Having the correct information ensures that we are reaching as many members as possible and keeps members up-to-date on important issues. Click here to familiarize yourself with upcoming Session concerns and the types of messages we will push through Voter Voice.
- Use Twitter to follow @lafp_familydocs, your legislators, and the hashtag #LALeg to keep up with the conversations during Session.
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Coming Up This Week
Monday, March 25, 2024 9:30 AM Committee Room 4
- HB 245, Freeman - Provides relative to decisionmaking in reproductive healthcare (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 716, Owen - Provides for universal recognition of occupational licenses (Neutral Monitor)
House Health & Welfare
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 9:00 AM Committee Room 5
- HB 193, Turner - Authorizes the transfer of a prescription or prescription information for controlled substances between pharmacies in conformance with federal regulations (For)
- HB 417, Lyons - Provides relative to NEMT providers (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 489, Hughes - Provides relative to Medicaid services for maternal and infant health (For)
- HB 558, Turner - Provides relative to the Local Healthcare Provider Participation Program (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 702, Willard - Provides for Medicaid coverage and support for doula services (Neutral Monitor)
House Insurance
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 9:00 AM Committee Room 3
- HB 616, Green - Provides relative to actuarial reviews of healthcare legislation (Neutral Monitor)
Senate Judiciary A
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 9:00 AM John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
- SB 334, Talbot - Provides relative to certain prescriptive periods for delictual actions (Neutral Monitor)
House Education
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 9:00 AM Committee Room 1
- HB 46, Edmonston - Provides that no person shall be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of enrollment or attendance at any public or nonpublic school (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 47, Edmonston - Requires that communication issued about immunization requirements include exemption information and applies exemptions not only to students seeking to enter school but also to students attending school (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 456, Davis - Provides relative to the administration of medication at school (Neutral Monitor)
House Health & Welfare
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 9:00 AM Committee Room 5
- HB 192, Miller - Re-creates the Louisiana Department of Health (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 392, Freeman - Provides relative to Medicaid and private insurance coverage for perimenopausal and menopausal care (For)
- HB 395, Boyd - Provides for the right to contraception (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 421, Phelps - Requires healthcare providers to document a diagnosis of sickle cell disease on immunization records in certain circumstances (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 469, Moore - Establishes 233 as a statewide sexual abuse helpline (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 495, Jackson - Provides relative to facility need review for certain healthcare providers (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 592, Miller - Provides relative to workplace violence in healthcare settings (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 655, Miller - Provides relative to third-party liability requirements arising for prior authorizations and state claim inquiries (Against Monitor)
- HB 687, Butler - Provides relative to the licensing of "PACE" program providersLA Academy of Family Physicians (Neutral Monitor)
Senate Insurance
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 10:00 AM Committee Room A/B
- SB 48, Talbot - Provides for health insurance coverage of genetic testing for diseases and other medical conditions (Neutral Monitor)
- SB 58, Talbot - Provides for patient's right to prompt coverage (Neutral Monitor)
House Judiciary
Thursday, March 28, 2024 9:00 AM Committee Room 1
- HB 44, Landry, M. - Requires coroners to report unidentified remains to the federal missing and unidentified persons database (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 621, Stagni - Provides relative to vapor products (For)
House Labor & Industrial Relations
Thursday, March 28, 2024 9:00 AM Committee Room 5
- HB 76, Echols - Prohibits the restraint of the practice of medicine in contracts or agreements (Neutral Monitor)
