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 107 House bills and 74 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.
- Contribute to LaFamPac.
Coming Up This Week
House Appropriations
Monday, May 13, 2024 10:00 AM Committee Room 5
- SB 278, Jackson-Andrews - Creates the Louisiana Pregnancy and Baby Care Initiative (Neutral Monitor)
Senate Finance
Monday, May 13, 2024 10:00 AM Committee Room A/B
- HB 253, Stagni - Provides relative to cancer screenings for certain firefighters and fire service employees (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 508, Bagley - Provides relative to medical and surgical treatments of cancer (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 558, Turner - Provides relative to the Local Healthcare Provider Participation Program (Neutral Monitor)
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:00 AM Committee Room 1
- SB 336, Pressly - Provides for dyslexia screening and subsequent testing and core assessment (Neutral Monitor)
House Health & Welfare
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 10:00 AM Committee Room 5
- SB 190, Boudreaux - Provides for Medicaid reimbursement rate increases (For)
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 9:00 AM John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
- HB 25, McCormick - Provides for liability relative to the administration of COVID-19 vaccinations (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 833, Davis - Provides relative to in vitro fertilization (Neutral Monitor)
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 10:00 AM Committee Room 5
- HB 867, Henry - Provides for the practice of audiology and speech-language pathology (Neutral Monitor)
- SB 143, Barrow - Provides for hypertension screening (For Monitor)
- SB 224, Owen - Provides relative to opioid alternatives (Neutral Monitor)
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 9:30 AM Committee Room 2
- SB 70, Mizell - Provides for parish overdose fatality review panels (Neutral Monitor)
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 9:30 AM John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
- HB 372, Crews - Provides relative to patient wait time for the provision of emergency care (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 495, Jackson - Provides relative to facility need review for certain healthcare providers (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 853, Myers - Creates the office of surgeon general within the Louisiana Department of Health (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 891, Chenevert - Provides relative to the Safe Haven Law (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 896, Myers - Creates the Louisiana Remote Patient Monitoring Program Law (Neutral Monitor)
- HB 899, Wright - Provides relative to the Hope for Louisiana Patients Law (Neutral Monitor)
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 9:30 AM Committee Room 3
- SB 300, Duplessis - Provides for health insurance coverage of pregnancy-related and postpartum healthcare services (Neutral Monitor)
