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LouisianaSB 1622026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

WORKERS' COMPENSATION: Provides relative to the workers' compensation medical treatment schedule. (8/1/26)

Sponsored By: Alan Seabaugh (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Labor and Industrial Relations

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

New treatment appeal rules for Louisiana workers

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana sets a formal appeal process for workers’ compensation medical treatment decisions. It covers decisions by the medical director or associate medical director. A party must file a Disputed Claim for Compensation using Louisiana Workforce Commission Form 1008 within 45 days of the decision. The appealing party must notify the medical director within 10 days after filing. The director must send the full decision record to the district hearing office within 15 days after receiving notice. Parties can request that record. Without new evidence, the workers’ compensation judge must uphold or reverse the decision using the original record. With new evidence, the judge must send the case back for the director to reconsider and decide within 30 days. If the director takes no action within 30 days of that order, the judge decides using the entire record. Overturning a decision requires clear and convincing evidence that it did not follow the workers’ compensation treatment law.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Alan Seabaugh

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 233 • No: 1

House vote • 4/23/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 92 • No: 1

House vote • 4/23/2026

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

Yes: 93 • No: 0

House vote • 4/9/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/30/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 38 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/8/2026.

    5/11/2026Senate

  2. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 95.

    5/11/2026Senate

  3. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/11/2026Senate

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

    5/7/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/7/2026House

  6. Called from the Calendar.

    5/6/2026Senate

  7. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

    4/28/2026Senate

  8. Received from the House with amendments.

    4/27/2026Senate

  9. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    4/23/2026House

  10. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/23/2026.

    4/22/2026House

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

    4/14/2026House

  12. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    4/13/2026House

  13. Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/9/2026House

  14. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

    4/1/2026House

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

    3/31/2026House

  16. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/30/2026Senate

  17. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/23/2026Senate

  18. Reported with amendments.

    3/18/2026Senate

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

    3/9/2026Senate

  20. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

    2/25/2026Senate

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