HB1231 • 2026

MEDICAID MANAGED CARE: Provides relative to Medicaid coverage for pregnant women (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Stephanie Berault
Last action: 2026-05-26
Official status: Passed the Senate
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not provide specific details on costs or funding sources, leaving these aspects uncertain.

Medicaid Coverage for Pregnant Women

This bill amends Medicaid rules to cover continuous glucose monitoring devices for pregnant women with gestational diabetes who need insulin.

What This Bill Does

Changes the law so that Medicaid covers continuous glucose monitors for people with diabetes, including those who get it during pregnancy (gestational diabetes).
Requires Medicaid to provide these monitors if someone needs insulin more than twice a day or has severe low blood sugar levels.

Who It Names or Affects

Pregnant women with gestational diabetes who need insulin and use continuous glucose monitoring devices.
People enrolled in Louisiana's Medicaid program.

Terms To Know

Continuous Glucose Monitor: A device that checks blood sugar levels continuously without needing to prick the skin.
Gestational Diabetes: Diabetes that develops during pregnancy and usually goes away after giving birth.

Limits and Unknowns

It is unclear how much the coverage will cost or who will pay for it beyond Medicaid.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

House Committee Amendment #3894 H&W Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB1231 4465 3894 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.

HCAHB1231 4465 3894 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.
1231 by Representative Berault 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, delete lines 2 and 3 in their entirety and insert "To amend and reenact R.S.
3 46:450.8(A)(1), relative to Medicaid coverage for pregnant" 4 AMENDMENT NO.

House Committee Amendment #3544 H&W Draft

Draft

Plain English: HCAHB1231 4465 3544 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.

HCAHB1231 4465 3544 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.
1231 by Representative Berault 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, delete lines 2 and 3 in their entirety and insert "To amend and reenact R.S.
3 46:450.8(A)(1), relative to Medicaid coverage for pregnant" 4 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-26 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-25 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-21 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-20 S
Reported favorably.
2026-05-06 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
2026-05-05 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-05-05 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-29 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.
2026-04-28 H
Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-27 H
Reported favorably (14-0).
2026-04-16 H
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
2026-04-15 H
Reported with amendments (8-0).
2026-04-01 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
2026-03-31 H
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

MEDICAID MANAGED CARE: Provides relative to Medicaid coverage for pregnant women (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-556 ENGROSSED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1231
BY REPRESENTATIVE BERAULT
MEDICAID MANAGED CARE: Provides relative to Medicaid coverage for pregnant
women
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 46:450.8(A)(1), relative to Medicaid coverage for pregnant
3 women; to provide Medicaid coverage for continuous glucose monitoring devices
4 in certain circumstances; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 46:450.8(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §450.8. Continuous glucose monitors; Medicaid coverage
8 A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, the Louisiana
9 Medicaid program shall provide coverage for a continuous glucose monitor for the
10 treatment of an enrollee who has one of the following conditions:
11 (1) Any type of diabetes, including but not limited to gestational diabetes,
12 requiring use with the use of insulin more than two times daily or evidence of level
13 2 or level 3 hypoglycemia.
14 * * *
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HLS 26RS-556 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 1231
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1231 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Berault
Abstract: Provides relative to Medicaid coverage for pregnant women.
Present law provides Medicaid coverage for continuous glucose monitoring for individuals
who require insulin more than two times daily or evidence level 2 or level 3 hypoglycemia.
Proposed law modifies present law providing Medicaid coverage for continuous glucose
monitoring for diabetes, including gestational diabetes, for individuals who require insulin
or evidence level 2 or level 3 hypoglycemia.
(Amends R.S. 46:450.8(A)(1))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to
the original bill:
1. Remove requirement for Medicaid coverage for dental services for pregnant
women.
2. Provide for continuous glucose monitoring for diabetes, including gestational
diabetes, for individuals who require insulin for the treatment of diabetes.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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