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LouisianaSB 1292025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

INSURERS: Requires health insurers to cover proton therapy for cancer patients. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsored By: Thomas A. Pressly (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Required proton therapy coverage for cancer patients

Louisiana health insurers must cover proton therapy and proton beam therapy for cancer when American Society for Radiation Oncology guidelines recommend it. This requirement applies to new policies, contracts, programs, and health plans issued on or after January 1, 2026. Existing plans must comply at renewal, no later than January 1, 2027. Annual deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments may still apply, consistent with the plan's existing rules. Plans covering excepted benefits, limited health benefit insurance plans, and short-term policies lasting less than 12 months are excluded.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Thomas A. Pressly

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 143 • No: 2

House vote • 6/2/2025

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 2. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 97 • No: 2

House vote • 5/21/2025

Reported with amendments

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/7/2025

Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 35 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    6/8/2025House

  2. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/5/2025.

    6/8/2025Senate

  3. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 112.

    6/8/2025Senate

  4. Effective date 8/1/2025.

    6/8/2025Senate

  5. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/4/2025Senate

  6. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 2. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    6/2/2025House

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

    6/2/2025Senate

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 06/02/2025.

    5/28/2025House

  9. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/27/2025House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/22/2025House

  11. Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/21/2025House

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

    5/8/2025House

  13. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/7/2025Senate

  14. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    5/7/2025House

  15. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

    5/5/2025Senate

  16. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/5/2025Senate

  17. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

    4/28/2025Senate

  18. Reported with amendments.

    4/23/2025Senate

  19. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance.

    4/14/2025Senate

  20. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.

    4/4/2025Senate

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