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HB475 • 2026

HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS: Requires a healthcare provider to obtain a patient's consent prior to recording a medical visit

HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS: Requires a healthcare provider to obtain a patient's consent prior to recording a medical visit

Healthcare Technology
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Stephanie Berault
Last action
2026-06-02
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 649
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on the consequences if a patient refuses consent or how enforcement and monitoring will occur.

Healthcare Provider Recording Consent

This act requires healthcare providers to obtain a patient's consent before recording any part of their medical visit using devices, software, or services.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires healthcare professionals licensed in Louisiana to verbally disclose the use of recording devices, software, or services to patients before making recordings that will be transcribed by artificial intelligence.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Healthcare professionals who are licensed in Louisiana
  • Patients receiving medical care

Terms To Know

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Computer systems that can do tasks that usually need human intelligence, like understanding language or making decisions.
Disciplinary action
Punishments given by professional groups to members who break rules.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act does not specify what happens if a patient refuses consent for recording.
  • It is unclear how the law will be enforced or monitored in practice.

Amendments

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

Filed

Plain English: The amendment to HB475 adds consequences for healthcare providers who do not follow the rule about getting patient consent before recording medical visits.

  • Adds a penalty for healthcare professionals who violate the requirement to get patient consent before using recording devices or AI transcription services during medical visits.
  • Provides civil immunity from lawsuits for healthcare professionals unless there is gross negligence or willful misconduct.
  • The exact nature of disciplinary actions by professional boards is not specified in the provided text.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the original bill to require healthcare providers to disclose to patients if they use recording software or devices during medical visits.

  • Changes the requirement from prohibiting certain uses of recordings to requiring disclosure about their use.
  • Adds a new rule that requires healthcare providers to verbally tell patients when any recording device, software, or service is being used.
  • Removes language that previously restricted patient consent for recordings.
  • The amendment text does not specify what types of software must be disclosed, leaving some details unclear.
Draft

Plain English: The amendment changes the original bill to require healthcare providers to disclose to patients if they use certain software or devices that record medical visits.

  • Changes the requirement from prohibiting uses of recording technology without consent to requiring disclosure about its use.
  • Adds a specific instruction for healthcare providers to verbally tell patients when any recording device, software, or service is being used during their visit.
  • The amendment text does not specify what 'certain software' refers to, leaving some ambiguity about the exact types of technology that must be disclosed.
  • It's unclear how this change will affect existing provisions in the original bill regarding patient consent for recording medical visits.
Filed

Plain English: The amendment to HB475 requires healthcare providers to get a patient's permission before recording any part of their medical visit.

  • Healthcare providers must now obtain explicit consent from patients before they can record any portion of a medical appointment.
  • The amendment text does not provide specific details on how the consent should be obtained or what constitutes valid consent, which may leave some uncertainties for healthcare providers.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds new language to HB475, which requires healthcare providers to get patient consent before recording medical visits, by adding penalties for violations and clarifying certain sections.

  • Adds the phrase 'to provide for violations;' after a list of definitions on page 1, line 3.
  • Inserts the letter 'A.' at the beginning of line 7 to clarify section numbering.
  • Includes new paragraph B on page 1 after line 9, stating that healthcare professionals who violate the consent requirement may face disciplinary action and are immune from civil liability unless there is gross negligence or willful misconduct.
  • The exact nature of 'disciplinary action' by professional licensing boards is not specified in the amendment text.
  • It's unclear how this amendment interacts with existing laws regarding healthcare provider discipline and patient consent.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-02 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-06-02 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 649.

  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

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. 2026-05-25 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.

  8. 2026-05-19 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. 2026-05-18 S

    Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  10. 2026-05-18 S

    Rules suspended.

  11. 2026-05-11 S

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

  12. 2026-05-07 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  13. 2026-05-06 S

    Reported favorably.

  14. 2026-04-15 S

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

  15. 2026-04-14 S

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

  16. 2026-04-14 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  17. 2026-04-13 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.

  18. 2026-04-09 H

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

  19. 2026-04-08 H

    Reported with amendments (10-0).

  20. 2026-03-09 H

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

  21. 2026-02-27 H

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

  22. 2026-02-26 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  23. 2026-02-26 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS: Requires a healthcare provider to obtain a patient's consent prior to recording a medical visit

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 6492026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 475
BY REPRESENTATIVE BERAULT
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 37:22.1, relative to artificial intelligence; to require a healthcare professional
3 to disclose to a patient the use of certain software; to provide for violations; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 37:22.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §22.1. Recordings; artificial intelligence; disclosure
8 A. A healthcare professional licensed by this Title shall verbally disclose the
9 use of any recording device, software, or service to a patient before recording any
10 part of an appointment or treatment to be transcribed by artificial intelligence.
11 B. Any healthcare professional who violates the provisions of this Section
12 may be subject to disciplinary action by his professional licensing board and shall
13 be immune from civil liability in the absence of gross negligence or willful
14 misconduct.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.