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LouisianaSB 1902026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

NURSING HOMES: Provides relative to nursing home licenses. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsored By: Beth Mizell (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Health and Welfare

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

More protections for Louisiana nursing home residents

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana-licensed nursing homes selected for the federal Special Focus Facility Program face added state oversight. Homes must tell current and prospective residents that serious failures to meet state and federal rules caused their program status. Current residents must be offered a safe transfer when an available home meets their location, physical health, and mental health needs. Homes must meet in person with the Louisiana Department of Health within 45 days of selection and agree to fix problems. They must meet state requirements as well as federal program rules. The agreement can require extra monitoring and surprise inspections, correction plans, staff training, approved experts, staffing changes, fines, and other remedies. It can also require analyses of underlying problems and owner performance, or work with a federally approved quality improvement organization. These steps are at the home's expense or as directed by the department. The department must revoke a home's license if it fails program graduation and added state requirements within 18 months. It may revoke the license sooner when agreement violations or state or federal rule violations risk serious harm or death.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Beth Mizell

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 144 • No: 0

House vote • 5/19/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 95 • No: 0

House vote • 5/12/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/15/2026

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 37 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 473.

    5/29/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/29/2026Senate

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/25/2026House

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

    5/21/2026Senate

  5. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/21/2026Senate

  6. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/19/2026House

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/19/2026Senate

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

    5/18/2026House

  9. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.

    5/18/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/13/2026House

  11. Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/12/2026House

  12. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

    4/21/2026House

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

    4/20/2026House

  14. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/15/2026Senate

  15. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

    4/13/2026Senate

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

    4/13/2026Senate

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

    4/7/2026Senate

  18. Reported with amendments.

    4/1/2026Senate

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

    3/9/2026Senate

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

    2/26/2026Senate

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