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LouisianaSB 2212026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

HEALTH SERVICES: Provides relative to ambulance providers. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsored By: Gerald Boudreaux (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Health and Welfare

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Louisiana Medicaid covers ambulance care without transport

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana Medicaid covers ambulance assessment or treatment after a 911 call without transporting the patient. This new coverage applies to Medicaid beneficiaries and excludes air ambulances. Care must follow medical direction and established protocols, and emergency medical workers must stay within their allowed practice. Real-time phone or video support from a doctor, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant is allowed but not required for payment. Medicaid pays providers its basic life support emergency base rate or advanced life support Level 1 emergency base rate. The rate depends on the response level and services provided. The Louisiana Department of Health must issue rules to carry out the law.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Gerald Boudreaux

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 144 • No: 0

House vote • 5/7/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 98 • No: 0

House vote • 4/28/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/25/2026

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 370.

    5/22/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/22/2026Senate

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

    5/20/2026Senate

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

    5/19/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/19/2026House

  6. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/11/2026Senate

  7. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/7/2026House

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.

    5/6/2026House

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

    5/5/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    4/29/2026House

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

    4/28/2026House

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

    3/31/2026House

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

    3/30/2026House

  14. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/25/2026Senate

  15. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/23/2026Senate

  16. Reported favorably.

    3/18/2026Senate

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

    3/9/2026Senate

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

    2/26/2026Senate

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