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LouisianaHB 11542026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

INSURANCE: Prohibits prior authorizations requirements for certain generic medications prescribed by qualified physicians (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

Sponsored By: Brian Leonard Glorioso (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Insurance

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Louisiana patients skip approval for qualifying generics

Louisiana commercial insurers cannot require advance approval to dispense or reimburse qualifying non-opioid generic drugs. The drug must be chemically equivalent to a brand-name drug and FDA-approved as interchangeable. Its wholesale acquisition cost must be $250 or less per prescription; this is not the patient's out-of-pocket price. A board-certified physician must prescribe it, or an authorized provider whose specialty certification covers the condition being treated. The physician must be licensed in Louisiana and certified by an American Board of Medical Specialties member board or a state-recognized equivalent. The rule covers commercial plans with prescription-drug coverage, not Medicaid or other government plans. It applies to new policies, contracts, and health plans issued beginning January 1, 2027. Existing plans must comply at renewal, no later than January 1, 2028.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Brian Leonard Glorioso

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Barbara Reich Freiberg

    Republican • House

  • Beryl Amedée

    Republican • House

  • Charles Owen

    Republican • House

  • Dodie Horton

    Republican • House

  • Dustin Miller

    Democratic • House

  • Emily Chenevert

    Republican • House

  • Joy Walters

    Democratic • House

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Peter F. Egan Sr.

    Republican • House

  • Stephanie H. Berault

    Republican • House

  • Sylvia Elaine Taylor

    Democratic • House

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

  • Wilford Carter Sr.

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 165 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/25/2026

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 • 5/5/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 101 • No: 0

House vote • 4/27/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 13 • No: 0

House vote • 4/15/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 706.

    6/2/2026House

  2. Effective date: See Act.

    6/2/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/27/2026House

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/26/2026House

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

    5/26/2026House

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/26/2026Senate

  7. 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.

    5/25/2026Senate

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

    5/18/2026Senate

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

    5/14/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    5/13/2026Senate

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

    5/7/2026Senate

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

    5/6/2026Senate

  13. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    5/5/2026House

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

    4/29/2026House

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

    4/28/2026House

  16. Reported with amendments (13-0).

    4/27/2026House

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

    4/16/2026House

  18. Reported with amendments (13-0).

    4/15/2026House

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.

    4/1/2026House

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

    3/31/2026House

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