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LouisianaHB 11392026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

MENTAL HEALTH: Requires certain behavioral health services for patients receiving treatment pursuant to an emergency certificate

Sponsored By: Adrian Fisher (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Health and Welfare

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More coordinated care for emergency mental-health patients

The law covers patients admitted to Louisiana facilities for inpatient behavioral health care under an emergency certificate. Within 72 hours of admission, a licensed healthcare professional must evaluate the patient to identify underlying behavioral health conditions. The facility must also contact the patient’s known primary or behavioral health provider within 72 hours to learn their treatment history. Discharge planners must make reasonable efforts to coordinate ongoing care and provide appropriate prescriptions. This includes notifying current care providers of the discharge date and time, unless the patient objects. Patients without a current care provider must receive referrals for behavioral health and primary care. Follow-up providers must be notified within 24 hours after discharge and receive a medical-history and current-condition summary by the scheduled follow-up date. Discharge efforts also include giving patients state educational materials before or at discharge. The Louisiana Department of Health must publish these materials for patients and their families, caregivers, or friends. They must explain self-harm warning signs, the importance of continued care, and how to seek professional help. They must also explain that privacy laws do not prevent loved ones from telling treating professionals about the patient’s condition.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Adrian Fisher

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 144 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/26/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 38 • No: 0

House vote • 4/22/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 97 • No: 0

House vote • 4/15/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 9 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 878.

    6/9/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/9/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/28/2026House

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

    5/27/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/27/2026Senate

  6. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/26/2026Senate

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/26/2026House

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

    5/25/2026Senate

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

    5/21/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    5/20/2026Senate

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

    4/27/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/22/2026House

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

    4/22/2026Senate

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.

    4/21/2026House

  15. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/16/2026House

  16. Reported with amendments (9-0).

    4/15/2026House

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

    4/1/2026House

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

    3/31/2026House

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