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HB557 • 2026

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to long-term care pharmacy

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to long-term care pharmacy

Healthcare
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Jason Dewitt
Last action
2026-05-29
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 557
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on consequences for non-compliance with requirements.

Long-Term Care Pharmacy Act

This act defines a long-term care pharmacy and sets requirements for pharmacies serving residents of long-term care facilities.

What This Bill Does

  • Defines 'long-term care pharmacy' as one that serves people living in long-term care facilities, according to the Older Americans Act definition.
  • Requires these pharmacies to have a national provider identifier with taxonomy code 3336L0003X or an equivalent classification recognized by federal healthcare authorities.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Pharmacies serving residents of long-term care facilities
  • Residents of long-term care facilities

Terms To Know

Long-term care facility
A place that provides ongoing medical or personal care for people who need help with daily activities and have a chronic illness or disability.
National provider identifier (NPI)
A unique number assigned by the federal government to healthcare providers, including pharmacies.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act does not specify what happens if a pharmacy does not meet these requirements.
  • It is unclear how this will affect existing long-term care pharmacies that do not currently have the required identifier or taxonomy code.

Amendments

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

Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB557 4465 2275 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB557 4465 2275 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.
  • 557 by Representative Dewitt 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 10, change ""Long-term" to ""long-term" 3 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 4 On page 1, delete lines 13 and 14 in their entirety and insert "code 3336L0003X, or any 5 equivalent or successor classification recognized by federal healthcare authorities." Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.
Draft

Plain English: HCAHB557 4465 2185 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB557 4465 2185 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.
  • 557 by Representative Dewitt 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, delete lines 13 and 14 in their entirety and insert "code 3336L0003X, or any 3 equivalent or successor classification recognized by federal healthcare authorities." Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.
Draft

Plain English: HCAHB557 4465 2159 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB557 4465 2159 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.
  • 557 by Representative Dewitt 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 10, change ""Long-term" to ""long-term" Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-29 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-05-29 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 557.

  3. 2026-05-26 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-05-25 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-05-25 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-25 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  7. 2026-05-21 S

    Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. 2026-05-18 S

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

  9. 2026-05-14 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-05-13 S

    Reported favorably.

  11. 2026-03-31 S

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

  12. 2026-03-30 S

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

  13. 2026-03-30 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. 2026-03-26 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.

  15. 2026-03-25 H

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

  16. 2026-03-24 H

    Reported with amendments (9-0).

  17. 2026-03-09 H

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

  18. 2026-02-27 H

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

  19. 2026-02-26 H

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

  20. 2026-02-26 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to long-term care pharmacy

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 5572026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 557
BY REPRESENTATIVE DEWITT
1 AN ACT
2 To enact Part VIII of Chapter 14 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to
3 be comprised of R.S. 37:1259, relative long-term care; to provide for a definition;
4 to define long-term care pharmacy; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Part VIII of Chapter 14 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of
7 1950, comprised of R.S. 37:1259, is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 PART VIII. LONG-TERM CARE PHARMACY
9 §1259. Long-term care pharmacy
10 For purposes of this Part, "long-term care pharmacy" means a pharmacy that
11 serves residents of a long-term care facility, as defined in the Older Americans Act,
12 42 U.S.C. 3002(35), and has a national provider identifier associated with taxonomy
13 code 3336L0003X, or any equivalent or successor classification recognized by
14 federal healthcare authorities.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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