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LouisianaSB 452026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

HEALTH SERVICES: Provides relative to hospice care. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Sponsored By: William "Bill" Wheat Jr. (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.

Free hospice homes get licensing relief

Louisiana exempts qualifying nonprofit homes serving terminally ill patients from home- and community-based service provider licensing requirements. They must provide free accommodations and services, with no charges to patients or families. They must receive no Medicare, Medicaid, or other public or private health insurance payments. Each location must provide private bedrooms for no more than three patients. These homes count as patients' residences, and licensed hospice providers prepare and manage their care plans. Medicines must be delivered, stored, and given as in a home setting. Organization-designated caregivers can perform tasks delegated by licensed health professionals under those plans, just like family caregivers at home. The caregivers' licensing credentials do not block those tasks. Professionals who delegate in good faith and with reasonable care are protected from disciplinary or adverse administrative licensing-board actions.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • William "Bill" Wheat Jr.

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 140 • No: 0

House vote • 5/13/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 94 • No: 0

House vote • 5/6/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 9 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/17/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 37 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 453.

    5/29/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 5/29/2026.

    5/29/2026Senate

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/25/2026House

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

    5/21/2026Senate

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

    5/20/2026Senate

  6. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/13/2026House

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/13/2026Senate

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2026.

    5/12/2026House

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

    5/11/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/7/2026House

  11. Reported with amendments (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/6/2026House

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

    3/23/2026House

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

    3/18/2026House

  14. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/17/2026Senate

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

    3/16/2026Senate

  16. Reported with amendments.

    3/11/2026Senate

  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.

    2/12/2026Senate

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