The 2026 Regular Session of the Louisiana began at 12 noon on Monday, March 9, and must adjourn sine die no later than 6 p.m. on Monday, June 1. The LAFP Board of Directors and Legislative and Advocacy Committee met and review all of the bills that have been filed. Just this week, over 200 more bills have been filed. Click here to view the full LAFP tracking list.
Reminder: Join us on May 20, 2026, to meet your legislators and join other members of the Physicians Coalition working to protect you, your practice and your patients. You will be able to attend committee meetings of your choice, as well as, have the opportunity to visit with your legislators while they are in a legislative session. Register Today!
Coming Up This Week
House Appropriations
Monday, May 11, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Committee Room 5
- HB944 - HILFERTY - HEALTH SERVICES: Creates the Louisiana Women's Health Consortium (Neutral/Monitor)
- HB1185 - DUSTIN MILLER - MEDICAID: Provides for other rural hospital reimbursement payments and directed payments (Neutral/Monitor)
- HB1199 - JORDAN - INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides health insurance coverage for genetic testing and the treatment of SCN2A-associated medical conditions (Neutral/Monitor)
- SB461 - LUNEAU - GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM: Provides relative to the office of group benefits (Neutral/Monitor)
Senate Finance
Monday, May 11, 2026 | 10:30 AM | Committee Room A-B
- HB1236 - DEWITT - INSURANCE: Provides relative to pharmacy benefit managers reimbursements (Neutral/Monitor)
House Governmental Affairs
- SB387, BASS - HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides relative to pharmacy benefit managers (Neutral/Monitor/Support)
- SB401 - TALBOT - PHARMACEUTICALS: Provides for a Prescription Drug Affordability Board that sets the maximum amount for each prescription drug sold in Louisiana (Support)
House Insurance
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Committee Room 3
- SB464 - BARROW - HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to coverage for severe obesity treatment (Neutral/Monitor)
House Criminal Justice
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | 10:00 AM | Committee Room 6
House Health and Welfare
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Committee Room 5
- SB124 - TALBOT - HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to peer review of health systems (Neutral/Monitor)
- SB236 - ROBERT OWEN - HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to kidney disease (Support)
- SB270 - JACKSON-ANDREWS - HEALTH CARE: Provides for access to medical marijuana for terminally ill patients in a healthcare facility (Neutral/Monitor)
- SB273 - ABRAHAM - HEALTH SERVICES: Provides relative to inpatient licensed facilities (Neutral/Monitor)
- SB426 - STINE - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: Provides relative to the Addictive Disorder Regulatory Authority (Neutral/Monitor)
- SB437 - ABRAHAM - HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Provides relative to treatment services provided at facilities providing housing or temporary residence for individuals referred by judicial agencies (Neutral/Monitor)
- SB451 - KLEINPETER - HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to newborn hearing screening (Neutral/Monitor)
Senate Health and Welfare
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | 9:30 AM | John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
- HB288 - BOYER - HEALTH CARE/RECORDS: Provides for the use of certain medical terminology in medical documentation (Neutral/Monitor)
- HB414 - CHENEVERT - HEALTH: Provides for prohibitions on hiring individuals with certain criminal convictions (Neutral/Monitor)
- HB557 - DEWITT - INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to long-term care pharmacy (Neutral/Monitor/Support)
- HB609 - CHASSION - HEALTH CARE/RECORDS: Provides for the prohibition of fees for health records when requested for the federal and state veterans affairs departments (Neutral/Monitor)
- HB740 - CHENEVERT - MEDICAID MANAGED CARE: Provides for independent claims review of Coordinated System of Care providers (Neutral/Monitor)
- HB779 - FREEMAN - HEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT: Provides relative to expedited partner therapy (Support)
- HB786 - EGAN - MEDICAID MANAGED CARE: Prohibits certain processes used in healthcare provider claim payments (Neutral/Monitor/Support)
- HB796 - STAGNI - CHIROPRACTORS: Provides relative to the Louisiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners (Neutral/Monitor)
- HB915 - DICKERSON - MEDICAID: Provides with respect to utilization management practices (Neutral/Monitor/Support)
- HB930 - COATES - HEALTH/LDH: Eliminates the requirement for the Louisiana Department of Health to register cosmetic products (Neutral/Monitor)
- HB933 - CHARLES OWEN - RECORDS/RECORDATION: Provides for commemorative birth certificates (Neutral/Monitor)
- HB1041 - GALLE - HEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT: Prohibits certain entities from prohibiting access based on a person's medical intervention status (Neutral/Monitor)
- HB1139 - FISHER - MENTAL HEALTH: Requires certain behavioral health services for patients receiving treatment pursuant to an emergency certificate(Neutral/Monitor)
We have provided a checklist of items to do so that you can help us in protecting your profession.
- Find out who your legislators are.
Click here to find your legislators. - 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.
We need YOUR help to be successful this Session!