This amendment removes two specific rules from the bill that would have required school health centers to operate during class hours if requested by parents and to notify parents before giving non-routine services.
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HB1249
School-Based Health Center Services for Students
Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 3:26 AM
In one sentence
This Louisiana law requires public schools to adopt policies allowing students with consent to access medically necessary health services on campus and sets rules for how those services are managed.
What it does
- Requires public school governing authorities to create a policy that allows students to receive medically necessary health care at school if their parent, legal guardian, or the student (if an adult) agrees.
- Stops schools from requiring licensed healthcare providers who have already passed a Louisiana State Police criminal background check to complete another one before working on campus.
- Requires doctors and other providers to decide when a student needs an exam or treatment, rather than letting unlicensed school staff make that choice.
- Limits the information health centers can share with schools to non-clinical details needed for safety or scheduling while protecting patient privacy under federal law.
- Applies these same rules regarding school-based health services to charter schools.
Who it affects
- Students in public and charter schools who need medical care
- Parents, legal guardians, or students of majority age receiving health services at school
- Public school governing authorities and administrators
- Licensed healthcare providers working on school campuses
Limits and unknowns
- The law does not force any public school district to create or fund its own health center services.
- Schools cannot require healthcare providers to do an extra background check if they have already passed one through the Louisiana State Police.
- Parents can take back their permission for a student to receive these services at any time.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Medically necessary
- Health care that is needed to diagnose, treat, cure, or relieve a health condition based on generally accepted medical standards and not just for convenience.
- School-based health center services
- Primary physical or mental health care given to students at school through a clinic, mobile unit, or other provider arrangement.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
HEALTH/SCHOOL CLINICS: Provides relative to school-based health center services provided to students (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
Official activity
Bill history
- Effective date: 08/01/2026.H
- Becomes Act No. 962 without the Governor's signature.H
- Sent to the Governor for executive approval.H
- Signed by the President of the Senate.S
- Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.H
- Read by title, roll called, yeas 90, nays 6, Senate amendments concurred in.H
- Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.H
- Received from the Senate with amendments.H
- Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 3 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.S
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.S
- Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.S
- Reported with amendments.S
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.S
- Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.S
- Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.H
- Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.H
- Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.H
- Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 1022 reported by the Committee on Education (10-4).H
Changes
Amendments
8 stored
Filed 6
Filed 7
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