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LouisianaHB 6092026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

HEALTH CARE/RECORDS: Provides for the exemption of fees for health records when requested for the federal and state veterans affairs departments

Sponsored By: Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Health and WelfareCivil Law and Procedure

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Veterans get one free medical records request

Louisiana veterans get one free medical records request solely to submit a disability benefits claim. The claim must be through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs. The exemption covers preparing, copying, handling, and sending records, whether requested by the veteran or someone acting for them. Veterans must meet the definition in R.S. 13:5364; providers or record custodians may ask for reasonable proof of status and claim purpose. The exemption applies only once per veteran, and no later request qualifies, regardless of purpose.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Alonzo L. Knox

    Democratic • House

  • Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu IV

    Republican • House

  • Beth Anne Billings

    Republican • House

  • Roy Daryl Adams

    Democratic • House

  • Delisha Boyd

    Democratic • House

  • Dodie Horton

    Republican • House

  • Edmond Jordan

    Democratic • House

  • Emily Chenevert

    Republican • House

  • Kim Carver

    Republican • House

  • Kyle M. Green Jr.

    Democratic • House

  • Marcus Anthony Bryant

    Democratic • House

  • Michael Charles Echols

    Republican • House

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Mike Johnson

    Republican • House

  • Raymond J. Crews

    Republican • House

  • Rhonda Gaye Butler

    Republican • House

  • Stephanie H. Berault

    Republican • House

  • Stephanie Hilferty

    Republican • House

  • Vanessa Caston LaFleur

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 126 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/21/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 33 • No: 0

House vote • 3/26/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 93 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 558.

    5/29/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/29/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/26/2026House

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/25/2026House

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

    5/25/2026House

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/25/2026Senate

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/21/2026Senate

  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 Health and Welfare.

    3/31/2026Senate

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

    3/30/2026Senate

  13. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/26/2026House

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.

    3/25/2026House

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

    3/24/2026House

  16. Reported favorably (8-0-1).

    3/23/2026House

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

    3/9/2026House

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

  19. Prefiled.

    2/26/2026House

  20. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

    2/26/2026House

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