All Roll Calls
Yes: 385 • No: 0
LouisianaHB 4672025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
INSURANCE/HEALTH: Requires health insurance coverage for amino acid-based elemental formulas (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Sponsored By: Stephanie Hilferty (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Insurance
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Formula coverage for infants and young children
The law requires Louisiana health plans with maternity benefits and Medicaid to cover amino acid-based elemental formula. Coverage applies to children age two or younger, regardless of how they receive the formula. A board-certified allergist or gastroenterologist must diagnose a qualifying condition, and the treating doctor must provide a written medical-necessity order. Qualifying conditions are IgE- or non-IgE-mediated allergies to multiple food proteins; severe food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome; eosinophilic disorders confirmed by biopsy; or poor nutrient absorption from disorders affecting the digestive tract’s absorptive surface, functional length, and movement. Coverage must be no less favorable than prescription-drug coverage, including through Medicaid managed care. Usual plan deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments may still apply; Medicaid cost-sharing may also apply. An insurer’s utilization reviewer can review the doctor’s medical-necessity decision. These rules take effect when a law containing a specific implementation appropriation takes effect. New policies, contracts, and plans must comply beginning January 1 immediately after that effective date. Existing coverage must comply by renewal or before the 359th day after that January 1.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Stephanie Hilferty
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Alan Seabaugh
Republican • Senate
Brach Jerad Myers
Republican • Senate
Kirk Talbot
Republican • Senate
Mandie Landry
Democratic • House
Regina Barrow
Democratic • Senate
Rick Edmonds
Republican • Senate
William "Bill" Wheat Jr.
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/12/2025
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
Yes: 34 • No: 0
House vote • 6/11/2025
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
Yes: 95 • No: 0
House vote • 6/10/2025
Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
Yes: 95 • No: 0
Senate vote • 6/9/2025
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. 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 • 5/21/2025
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
Yes: 94 • No: 0
House vote • 5/19/2025
Reported with amendments
Yes: 14 • No: 0
House vote • 4/29/2025
Reported with amendments
Yes: 15 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 367.
6/20/2025HouseEffective date: See Act.
6/20/2025HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
6/13/2025HouseNotice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
6/12/2025SenateConference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
6/12/2025SenateNotice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
6/12/2025HouseEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
6/12/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate.
6/12/2025SenateHouse conferees appointed: Hilferty, Firment, and Davis.
6/11/2025HouseSenate conference committee members appointed: Barrow, Boudreaux, and Talbot.
6/11/2025SenateNotice House Conference Committee members appointed.
6/11/2025SenateNotice of Senate conferees appointed.
6/11/2025HouseConference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
6/11/2025HouseConference committee report received.
6/11/2025SenateRules suspended.
6/11/2025HouseConference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
6/11/2025HouseRead by title, returned to the calendar.
6/10/2025HouseCalled from the calendar.
6/10/2025HouseRead by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
6/10/2025HouseNotice House rejected the Senate amendments.
6/10/2025SenateRules suspended.
6/9/2025SenateRead by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
6/9/2025SenateRules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
6/9/2025SenateReceived from the Senate with amendments.
6/9/2025HouseSenate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
6/9/2025Senate
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