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LouisianaSB 4052026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

NURSING HOMES: Provides for a statewide quality oversight initiative for nursing facilities. (8/1/26) (EN GF EX See Note)

Sponsored By: Kirk Talbot (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.

New oversight for Louisiana nursing homes

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana's health department must create a statewide nursing home quality oversight initiative. It must identify care and safety gaps, target incentives and interventions to key risks, and support lasting improvements. It must work with care providers, trade and advocacy groups, and quality improvement groups. Its Office of Aging and Adult Services must develop internal experts to support the effort. Optional tools include public data dashboards, resident and family surveys, staff training, and the federal Nursing Home Staffing Campaign. The department must identify funding, but the law sets no funding amount or separate appropriation. Reports to the state Senate and House health and welfare committees are due by January 1, 2028, and each January 1 afterward.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Kirk Talbot

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Adam Bass

    Republican • Senate

  • Alonzo L. Knox

    Democratic • House

  • Brach Jerad Myers

    Republican • Senate

  • Edward J. Price

    Democratic • Senate

  • Gerald Boudreaux

    Democratic • Senate

  • Patrick McMath

    Republican • Senate

  • Rick Edmonds

    Republican • Senate

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

  • William "Bill" Wheat Jr.

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 144 • No: 0

House vote • 5/29/2026

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 • 5/26/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/13/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 896.

    6/9/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    6/9/2026Senate

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

    6/1/2026Senate

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

    5/31/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/31/2026House

  6. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.

    5/29/2026House

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

    5/29/2026House

  8. Received from the House without amendments.

    5/29/2026Senate

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

    5/28/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/27/2026House

  11. Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/26/2026House

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

    5/18/2026House

  13. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/13/2026Senate

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

    5/13/2026House

  15. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

    5/12/2026Senate

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

    5/12/2026Senate

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

    5/7/2026Senate

  18. Reported with amendments.

    5/6/2026Senate

  19. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

    3/11/2026Senate

  20. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    3/10/2026Senate

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