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Louisiana 2026

HB 971

MEDICAID: Provides relative to Medicaid reimbursement for rural health clinics (EN +$2,655,159 GF EX See Note)

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Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Louisiana
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Not supplied
Introduced / first action
2026-03-16 00:00:00

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 859.

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  2. Effective date: 06/08/2026.

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

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  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  8. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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  9. Received from the Senate with amendments.

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  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

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  11. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

  12. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  13. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

  14. Reported favorably.

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  15. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

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  16. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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  17. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

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  18. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.

  19. Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

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  20. Reported with amendments (14-0).

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  21. Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

  22. Reported favorably (9-0).

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  23. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

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  24. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

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