HB 119 – Louisiana
Introduced: 2019 Status: Enacted
Provides relative to the denial of a prescription based upon step therapy or fail first protocols or nonformulary status
HB 204 – Louisiana
Introduced: 2019 Status: Enacted
Provides relative to Medicaid provider fees assessed on nonpublic providers of emergency ground ambulance services. Existing law authorizes the La. Department of Health (LDH) to impose fees for the provision of Medicaid-funded healthcare services, commonly …
HB 211 – Louisiana
Introduced: 2019 Status: Enacted
Provides relative to Medicaid coverage of certain behavioral health services. New law limits individual behavioral health services providers rendering CPST services, PSR services, or both to a maximum combined total of 12 reimbursable hours of …
HB 237 – Louisiana
Introduced: 2019 Status: Inactive / Dead
Prohibits preexisting condition exclusions or other discrimination based on health status.
HB 243 (see similar bill HB 710) – Louisiana
Introduced: 2018 Status: Inactive / Dead
PROHIBITS A MANUFACTURER OR WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTOR FROM ENGAGING IN PRICE GOUGING IN THE SALE OF AN ESSENTIAL OFF-PATENT OR GENERIC DRUG. Authorizes the secretary of the La. Dept. of Health to notify the attorney general …
HB 270 – Louisiana
Introduced: 2021 Status: Enacted
Provides for definitions and exemptions relative to telemedicine and telehealth. New law provides that no provision of existing law regulating the practice of medicine shall applyto a consultation without limitation between a practicing physician licensed …
HB 276 – Louisiana
Introduced: 2019 Status: Inactive / Dead
Grants advanced practice registered nurses signature authority on matters within their scope of practice
HB 280 – Louisiana
Introduced: 2018 Status: Inactive / Dead
PREMIUM PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM: Establishes a premium payment requirement in the La. Medicaid program and makes Medicaid eligibility for certain enrollees contingent upon payment of premiums. Provides that if a Medicaid enrollee …
HB 283 – Louisiana
Introduced: 2020 Status: In Process
Provides relative to billing by noncontracted facility-based physicians. Prohibits surprise billing by noncontracted, facility-based physicians. Proposed law defines “surprise billing” as any bill received by an enrollee or insured for any services provided at a …
HB 308 – Louisiana
Introduced: 2019 Status: Enacted
Prohibits lifetime and annual limits on health insurance benefits
HB 326 – Louisiana
Introduced: 2020 Status: In Process
Provides for certain data and other material to be included in the Healthy Louisiana Claims Report. Specifies data and other information related to processing of healthcare provider claims by Medicaid managed care organizations to be …
HB 339 – Louisiana
Introduced: 2018 Status: Inactive / Dead
PROVIDES RELATIVE TO THE PRACTICE OF TELEMEDICINE: Provides that a physician who lawfully practices telemedicine in La. shall not be subject to any regulatory prohibition or restriction on the practice of telemedicine in all instances.
HB 347 – Louisiana
Introduced: 2019 Status: Enacted
Provides relative to health insurance coverage for breast cancer screening and treatment.
HB 352 – Louisiana
Introduced: 2019 Status: Inactive / Dead
Authorizes health insurance issuers to establish healthcare costs and quality programs. Present law prohibits an insurer from making or permitting any unfair discrimination in favor of particular individuals or persons, or between insureds or subjects …
HB 370 – Louisiana
Introduced: 2019 Status: Enacted
Provides relative to prescription drug benefits for persons with stage-four advanced, metastatic cancer. New law prohibits a health coverage plan from using step therapy or fail first protocols as the basis to restrict any prescription …
HB 371 – Louisiana
Introduced: 2019 Status: Inactive / Dead
Establishes an independent dispute resolution process for certain out-of-network health benefit claims. The enrollee can request independent dispute resolution if the balance bill is greater than $500, the claim is for emergency care at an …