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IntroducedFeb 18, 2026
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Passed HouseMay 05, 2026
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Passed SenateMay 28, 2026
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Became LawJun 02, 2026
Louisiana House Bill
HEALTH: Provides relative to Medicaid reimbursement of ambulatory surgical centers for certain procedures (EN +$400,228 GF EX See Note)
Last Action See all actions
House • Jun 02, 2026: Effective date: 06/02/2026.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 198
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Whip Lists
Sponsors



- Samuel Jenkinscosponsor
- Tehmi Chassioncosponsor
Votes
YES: 88
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Domangue
- Martinez
- Adams
- Echols
- McFarland
- Bacala
- Egan
- McMahen
- Bagley
- Firment
- McMakin
- Bamburg
- Fisher
- Melerine
- Bayham
- Fontenot
- Mena
- Beaullieu
- Freeman
- Miller
- Berault
- Freiberg
- Moore
- Billings
- Gadberry
- Murray
- Boudreaux
- Geymann
- Muscarello
- Bourriaque
- Glorioso
- Newell
- Boyd
- Hebert
- Orgeron
- Brass
- Henry, C.
- Owen
- Braud
- Henry, D.
- Sawyer
- Broussard
- Horton
- Spell
- Bryant
- Illg
- St. Blanc
- Butler
- Johnson, M.
- Taylor
- Carlson
- Johnson, T.
- Thomas
- Carpenter
- Jordan
- Thompson
- Carrier
- Kerner
- Turner
- Carter, R.
- Knox
- Ventrella
- Carter, W.
- LaCombe
- Walters
- Carver
- LaFleur
- Wilder
- Chassion
- Landry, J.
- Wiley
- Chenevert
- Landry, M.
- Wright
- Coates
- Landry, T.
- Wyble
- Crews
- Larvadain
- Young
- Deshotel
- Lyons
- Zeringue
- Dewitt
- Mack
- Dickerson
- Marcelle
NO: 0
ABSENT: 36
YES: 87
- Adams
- Egan
- Marcelle
- Bacala
- Firment
- Martinez
- Bamburg
- Fisher
- McMahen
- Beaullieu
- Fontenot
- McMakin
- Berault
- Freeman
- Melerine
- Billings
- Freiberg
- Mena
- Boudreaux
- Gadberry
- Miller
- Bourriaque
- Galle
- Moore
- Boyd
- Glorioso
- Murray
- Boyer
- Green
- Newell
- Brass
- Hebert
- Orgeron
- Braud
- Henry, C.
- Owen
- Broussard
- Henry, D.
- Riser
- Bryant
- Hilferty
- Sawyer
- Carlson
- Horton
- Schlegel
- Carrier
- Illg
- Spell
- Carter, R.
- Jackson
- St. Blanc
- Carter, W.
- Johnson, T.
- Taylor
- Carver
- Jordan
- Thomas
- Chassion
- Kerner
- Thompson
- Chenevert
- Knox
- Turner
- Coates
- LaCombe
- Ventrella
- Cox
- LaFleur
- Villio
- Deshotel
- Landry, J.
- Walters
- Dewitt
- Landry, M.
- Wilder
- Dickerson
- Landry, T.
- Wiley
- Domangue
- Larvadain
- Wright
- Echols
- Lyons
- Wyble
- Edmonston
- Mack
- Zeringue
ABSENT: 12
Actions
- Jun 02, 2026 | House
- Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 626.
- Effective date: 06/02/2026.
- Jun 01, 2026 | House
- Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
- Jun 01, 2026 | Senate
- Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 31, 2026 | House
- Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 29, 2026 | House
- Read by title, roll called, yeas 87, nays 6. Senate amendments concurred in.
- May 28, 2026 | House
- Received from the Senate with amendments.
- Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 28, 2026 | Senate
- Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- Called from the Calendar.
- Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 27, 2026 | Senate
- Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 21, 2026 | Senate
- Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- May 20, 2026 | Senate
- Reported favorably.
- May 06, 2026 | Senate
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- May 05, 2026 | Senate
- Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- May 05, 2026 | House
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 7. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 29, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.
- Apr 28, 2026 | House
- Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 27, 2026 | House
- Reported with amendments (17-1).
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Reported with amendments (14-0).
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- Feb 20, 2026 | House
- First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Prefiled.
- Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Bill Texts
- HB198 OriginalPDF
- HB198 EngrossedPDF
- HB198 ReengrossedPDF
- HB198 EnrolledPDF
- HB198 Act 626PDF
- House Committee Amendment, #1735, H&W, DraftPDF
- House Committee Amendment, #1919, H&W, DraftPDF
- House Committee Amendment, #1934, H&W, AdoptedPDF
- House Committee Amendment, #4481, APP, DraftPDF
- House Committee Amendment, #4539, APP, AdoptedPDF
- Senate Committee Amendment, #4506, FNCE, DraftPDF
- Senate Committee Amendment, #4507, FNCE, AdoptedPDF
- Senate Floor Amendment, #4575, Jackson-Andrews, AdoptedPDF
Documents
- Digest of HB198 OriginalPDF
- Digest of HB198 EngrossedPDF
- Digest of HB198 ReengrossedPDF
- Senate Green Sheet Digest for HB198PDF
- Summary of Senate Amendments to HB198PDF
- Fiscal Note - HB198 OriginalPDF
- Fiscal Note - HB198 EngrossedPDF
- Fiscal Note - HB198 ReEngrossedPDF
- Fiscal Note - HB198 ReEngrossed With Senate Cmte AmendmentsPDF
- Fiscal Note - HB198 ReEngrossed With Senate Floor AmendmentsPDF
- Fiscal Note - HB198 EnrolledPDF
