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LouisianaHB 11962026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to coverage of colorectal cancer screening, colonoscopies, and associated preventive services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsored By: Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Louisiana patients keep screening coverage for colonoscopies

Louisiana health plans must cover routine colorectal cancer screening that follows current medical guidelines. These are the latest American Cancer Society or National Comprehensive Cancer Network recommendations for age, family history, and screening frequency. A screening colonoscopy remains a screening service even when a polyp or other tissue is removed. A follow-up colonoscopy ordered by a provider because of screening findings also counts as routine screening when it follows those guidelines. Services the plan deems experimental or investigational remain excluded.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Aimee Adatto Freeman

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 218 • No: 14

House vote • 5/26/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 5, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 91 • No: 5

Senate vote • 5/18/2026

Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 31 • No: 1

House vote • 4/22/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 8. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 86 • No: 8

House vote • 4/15/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 713.

    6/2/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/2/2026House

  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. Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 5, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/26/2026House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.

    5/25/2026House

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/19/2026House

  9. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/18/2026Senate

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

    5/11/2026Senate

  11. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/7/2026Senate

  12. Reported with amendments.

    5/6/2026Senate

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

    4/28/2026Senate

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

    4/27/2026Senate

  15. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/22/2026House

  16. Called from the calendar.

    4/22/2026House

  17. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 8. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/22/2026House

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

    4/21/2026House

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

    4/16/2026House

  20. Reported favorably (10-0).

    4/15/2026House

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

    4/1/2026House

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

    3/31/2026House

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