HB456 • 2026

WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides relative to claims for benefits under workers' compensation

Labor

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Emily Chenevert
Last action: 2026-06-02
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 648
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how disputes will be resolved or what happens if petition information is incomplete or incorrect.

Workers' Compensation Claims

This act changes the requirements for filing petitions and disputes under workers' compensation laws.

What This Bill Does

Changes how a petition for workers' compensation benefits must be written, including what information it needs to include.
Allows employers or payers to file a dispute against an employee if they believe there was fraud involved in receiving benefits.

Who It Names or Affects

Workers who file claims for workers' compensation benefits
Employers or payers involved in workers' compensation cases

Terms To Know

petition: A formal request to a court or other authority asking for something specific, like benefits under workers' compensation.
fraud: Intentionally lying or cheating to get money or other benefits that you are not entitled to.

Limits and Unknowns

The act does not explain how disputes will be resolved after they are filed.
It is unclear what happens if the information in a petition is incomplete or incorrect.
The effective date of this law is August 1, 2026.

Bill History

2026-06-02 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-02 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 648.
2026-05-27 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-27 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-26 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-25 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 20 yeas and 17 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-20 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-19 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-18 S
Reported favorably.
2026-05-07 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
2026-05-06 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-05-06 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 30. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-05-05 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.
2026-05-05 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-29 H
Reported favorably (7-6).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
2026-02-27 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-26 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
2026-02-26 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides relative to claims for benefits under workers' compensation

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 6482026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 456
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHENEVERT
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 23:1311 and 1314(E)(1), relative to workers' compensation; to
3 provide for a claim for benefits under workers' compensation; to provide for a
4 petition for a workers' compensation claim; to provide for the contents of the
5 petition; to allow the employer or payor to file a disputed claim under certain
6 circumstances; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 23:1311 and 1314(E)(1) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
9 as follows:
10 §1311. Contents of petition
11 The petition required under Section 1310.3 by R.S. 23:1310.3 shall set forth
12 all of the following:
13 (1) The names and addresses of the parties.
14 (2) A statement of the time, place, nature, and cause of the injury, or such
15 any other fairly equivalent information as will that would put the employer parties
16 on notice with respect to the identity of the parties.
17 (3) Sufficient factual statements to fairly put the parties on notice
18 concerning the The specific compensation benefit which is alleged to be due
19 pursuant to this Chapter, but which has not been paid, or is not being provided, or
20 the entitlement to which is disputed.
21 (4) A prayer for relief including a concise statement of specific benefits
22 or other relief sought by the petitioner.
23 * * *
24 §1314. Necessary allegations; dismissal of premature petition; dispute of benefits
25 * * *
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HB NO. 456 ENROLLED
1 E.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the employer
2 or payor shall be permitted to file a disputed claim against an employee, his
3 dependent, or his beneficiary only when the employer or payor alleges the
4 employee, his dependent, or beneficiary has committed fraud as provided in R.S.
5 23:1208 which caused the employer or payor to pay a benefit which was not due
6 to the employee, his dependent, or beneficiary; or when the employer or payor is
7 an aggrieved party appealing a decision of the medical director pursuant to R.S.
8 23:1203.1(K) to controvert benefits or concerning any other dispute arising
9 pursuant to this Chapter.
10 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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