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HB291 • 2026

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Prohibits health insurers from taking adverse payment or contracting actions against participating facilities based solely on another provider's network status (EN INCREASE EX See Note)

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Prohibits health insurers from taking adverse payment or contracting actions against participating facilities based solely on another provider's network status (EN INCREASE EX See Note)

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Stephanie Berault
Last action
2026-06-08
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 791
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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INSURANCE/HEALTH: Prohibits health insurers from taking adverse payment or contracting actions against participating facilities based solely on another provider's network status (EN INCREASE EX See Note)

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Prohibits health insurers from taking adverse payment or contracting actions against participating facilities based solely on another provider's network status (EN INCREASE EX See Note)

What This Bill Does

  • INSURANCE/HEALTH: Prohibits health insurers from taking adverse payment or contracting actions against participating facilities based solely on another provider's network status (EN INCREASE EX See Note)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: SSHB291 4902 6069 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 291 2026 Regular Session Berault INSURANCE/HEALTH: Prohibits health insurers from taking adverse payment or contracting actions against participating facilities based solely on another provider's network status Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

  • SSHB291 4902 6069 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 291 2026 Regular Session Berault INSURANCE/HEALTH: Prohibits health insurers from taking adverse payment or contracting actions against participating facilities based solely on another provider's network status Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
  • Exempts the Office of Group Benefits from the provisions of proposed law.
  • 2.
  • Makes technical changes.
Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1671 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 291 BY BERAULT CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 10:56:22 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Mr.

  • 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1671 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 291 BY BERAULT CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 10:56:22 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Mr.
  • Speaker Adams Amedee Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carrier Carver Chassion Chenevert Coates Cox Crews Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Domangue Echols Edmonston Egan Farnum Firment Fisher Fontenot Freeman Freiberg Gadberry Galle Geymann Glorioso Green Hebert Henry, C.
  • Henry, D.
  • Hilferty Horton Illg Jackson Johnson, M.
Filed

Plain English: SFAHB291 4649 4035 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Boudreaux to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SFAHB291 4649 4035 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Boudreaux to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 291 by Representative Berault 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 Delete the set of Senate Committee Amendments proposed by the Senate Committee on 3 Finance and adopted by the Senate on May 19, 2026.
  • 4 AMENDMENT NO.
Adopted

Plain English: SCAHB291 2282 3942 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB291 2282 3942 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 291 by Representative Berault 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 4, after "insurers;" insert "to provide for exemptions;" 3 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 4 On page 1, at the end of line 14, insert the following: 5 "The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to the Office of Group Benefits." Page 1 of 1
Draft

Plain English: SCAHB291 2282 3941 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • SCAHB291 2282 3941 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 291 by Representative Berault 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 4, after "insurers;" insert "to provide for exemptions;" 3 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 4 On page 1, at the end of line 14, insert the following: 5 "The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to the Office of Group Benefits." Page 1 of 1

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-08 H

    Effective date: 06/08/2026.

  2. 2026-06-08 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 791.

  3. 2026-06-01 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-06-01 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-05-31 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-29 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. 2026-05-27 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  8. 2026-05-26 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. 2026-05-25 S

    Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  10. 2026-05-20 S

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

  11. 2026-05-19 S

    Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  12. 2026-05-18 S

    Reported with amendments.

  13. 2026-04-29 S

    Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

  14. 2026-04-28 S

    Reported favorably.

  15. 2026-04-15 S

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

  16. 2026-04-14 S

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

  17. 2026-04-14 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  18. 2026-04-13 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.

  19. 2026-04-09 H

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

  20. 2026-04-08 H

    Reported favorably (13-0).

  21. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.

  22. 2026-02-27 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  23. 2026-02-24 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.

  24. 2026-02-24 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Prohibits health insurers from taking adverse payment or contracting actions against participating facilities based solely on another provider's network status (EN INCREASE EX See Note)

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 7912026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 291
BY REPRESENTATIVE BERAULT
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1828(D) and (E) and to enact R.S. 22:1828(F), relative to
3 health insurance; to provide for the payment of claims; to prohibit adverse actions
4 by insurers; to provide for exemptions; to provide for an effective date; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 22:1828(D) and (E) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
8 22:1828(F) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 §1828. Provider claim payment and information protection
10 * * *
11 D. A health insurance issuer shall not impose any monetary reductions in the
12 payment of claims, or suspend or terminate a provider agreement, with respect to any
13 licensed healthcare facility that is a participating provider based solely on the
14 network or participating status of another healthcare provider that contributes to any
15 component of care to a patient at the licensed healthcare facility. The provisions of
16 this Subsection shall not apply to the Office of Group Benefits.
17 D. E. The provisions of this Section shall not be waived by contract, and any
18 contractual clause in conflict with the provisions of this Section or that purport to
19 waive the requirements of this Section is void.
20 E. F. Any violation of the provisions of this Section shall be declared and
21 considered to be unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or
22 practices in the business of insurance and subject to the provisions of Part IV of
23 Chapter 7 of this Title.
24 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
25 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
26 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HB NO. 291 ENROLLED
1 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
2 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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are additions.