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HB1231 • 2026

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

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

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Stephanie Berault
Last action
2026-06-09
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 889
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

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

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

What This Bill Does

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

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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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.
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

  1. 2026-06-09 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-06-09 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 889.

  3. 2026-05-28 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-05-27 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-05-27 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-26 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  7. 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.

  8. 2026-05-25 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. 2026-05-21 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-05-20 S

    Reported favorably.

  11. 2026-05-06 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  12. 2026-05-05 S

    Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  13. 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.

  14. 2026-04-29 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.

  15. 2026-04-28 H

    Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  16. 2026-04-27 H

    Reported favorably (14-0).

  17. 2026-04-16 H

    Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

  18. 2026-04-15 H

    Reported with amendments (8-0).

  19. 2026-04-01 H

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

  20. 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 (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 8892026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1231
BY REPRESENTATIVES BERAULT, CHASSION, AND MANDIE LANDRY AND
SENATORS BARROW, BOUDREAUX, CARTER, JACKSON-ANDREWS,
JENKINS, MIZELL, MYERS, PRESSLY, AND WOMACK
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 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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