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LouisianaHB 3822025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Requires insurance coverage of home visiting services for newborns and young children (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsored By: Michael Robert Bayham Jr. (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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

Family home visits covered, with limits

Beginning January 1, 2027, new Louisiana health plans with maternity benefits must cover voluntary home visits for families expecting or raising newborns. Existing plans must comply at renewal, no later than January 1, 2028. Services must use an evidence-based program model listed on the federal Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness registry. Coverage includes at least one visit during the baby's first three months. Families choose follow-up visits, with at least one follow-up no later than three months after the last visit. Plans may cap coverage at five visits from birth through age three. Any dollar limit must be at least $1,500 per pregnancy or childbirth; deductibles, copays, and coinsurance may still apply. Insurers may set extra approval rules, but those rules must leave at least one provider covered. Insurers choose payment methods, including value-based payments, invoices, fixed per-person payments, or arrangements supporting service growth and reducing health gaps. They may also use other payment arrangements agreed to with providers. Programs may operate without seeking insurance payment, and evidence-based programs may serve any client or population seeking their services.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 245 • No: 0

House vote • 6/3/2025

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

Yes: 95 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/29/2025

Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

House vote • 5/7/2025

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

Yes: 101 • No: 0

House vote • 4/29/2025

Reported with amendments

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 190.

    6/8/2025House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2025.

    6/8/2025House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/5/2025House

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

    6/4/2025House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/4/2025Senate

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

    6/3/2025House

  7. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    6/2/2025House

  8. Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/2025.

    6/2/2025House

  9. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/29/2025Senate

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

    5/28/2025Senate

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

    5/27/2025Senate

  12. Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.

    5/21/2025Senate

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

    5/8/2025Senate

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

    5/7/2025House

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

    5/7/2025Senate

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2025.

    5/6/2025House

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

    4/30/2025House

  18. Reported with amendments (13-0).

    4/29/2025House

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

    4/14/2025House

  20. Prefiled.

    4/3/2025House

  21. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.

    4/3/2025House

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