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LouisianaSB 2752026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides for reimbursement rates of services provided by CRNAs within their lawful scope of practice. (1/1/27)

Sponsored By: Brach Jerad Myers (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Insurance

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Stronger insurance protections for nurse anesthetists

Beginning January 1, 2027, Louisiana law sets payment and network protections for certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs). Insurers must allow at least the amount allowed for the same service performed by a physician. The CRNA must personally perform the service without medical direction from a physician or dentist, within their lawful scope of practice. Medicare Part B billing rules apply, regardless of billing code or modifier. Insurers cannot deny participation or network inclusion solely because of provider type or license; other grounds for denial remain allowed. New policies, contracts, programs, and health plans issued on or after January 1, 2027, must comply. Existing coverage must comply by its renewal date, no later than January 1, 2028. The law does not change professional practice limits or set patients’ out-of-pocket costs.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Brach Jerad Myers

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Adam Bass

    Republican • Senate

  • Brian Leonard Glorioso

    Republican • House

  • Cameron Henry

    Republican • Senate

  • Chance Keith Henry

    Republican • House

  • Dana Henry

    Democratic • House

  • Michael "Gabe" Firment

    Republican • House

  • Gerald Boudreaux

    Democratic • Senate

  • Glen Womack

    Republican • Senate

  • Jack "Jay" William Gallé Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Jay Luneau

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jimmy Harris

    Democratic • Senate

  • John R. Illg Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews

    Democratic • Senate

  • Larry A. Bagley

    Republican • House

  • Regina Barrow

    Democratic • Senate

  • Robert "Bob" Owen

    Republican • Senate

  • Stewart Cathey Jr.

    Republican • Senate

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

  • Troy Jude Hebert

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 145 • No: 0

House vote • 5/11/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 96 • No: 0

House vote • 4/29/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 14 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/31/2026

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 Governor. Becomes Act No. 257.

    5/15/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 1/1/2027.

    5/15/2026Senate

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

    5/13/2026Senate

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

    5/12/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/12/2026House

  6. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/11/2026House

  7. Received from the House without amendments.

    5/11/2026Senate

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.

    5/7/2026House

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

    5/6/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/5/2026House

  11. Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/29/2026House

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

    4/1/2026House

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

    3/31/2026Senate

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

    3/31/2026House

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

    3/30/2026Senate

  16. Reported with amendments.

    3/25/2026Senate

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

    3/9/2026Senate

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

    2/27/2026Senate

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