HB616 • 2026

MENTAL HEALTH: Provides for oversight of publicly funded homeless service providers

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Alonzo Knox
Last action: 2026-06-08
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 819
Effective date: Not listed

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MENTAL HEALTH: Provides for oversight of publicly funded homeless service providers

What This Bill Does

MENTAL HEALTH: Provides for oversight of publicly funded homeless service providers

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Amendments

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Summary of Senate Amendments to HB616

Filed

Plain English: SSHB616 4465 6169 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 616 2026 Regular Session Knox MENTAL HEALTH: Provides for oversight of publicly funded homeless service providers Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

SSHB616 4465 6169 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 616 2026 Regular Session Knox MENTAL HEALTH: Provides for oversight of publicly funded homeless service providers Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
Requires suspension or termination of public funding for providers that fail to comply with proposed law.
2.
Requires that the legislative auditor comply with all laws relative to confidential documents provided to the legislative auditor.

House Vote on HB 616 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1692)

Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1692 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 616 BY KNOX CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:19:12 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carrier Carter, R.

2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1692 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 616 BY KNOX CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:19:12 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carrier Carter, R.
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.

Senate Floor Amendment #4388 Jackson-Andrews Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: SFAHB616 3005 4388 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Jackson-Andrews to Engrossed House Bill No.

SFAHB616 3005 4388 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Jackson-Andrews to Engrossed House Bill No.
616 by Representative Knox 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 2, line 4, change "state or local" to "federal, state, or local" 3 AMENDMENT NO.
2 4 On page 2, line 14, after "funding," insert "including federal, state, and local funds," Page 1 of 1

Senate Floor Amendment #4382 Boudreaux Gerald Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: SFAHB616 3005 4382 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Boudreaux to Engrossed House Bill No.

SFAHB616 3005 4382 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Boudreaux to Engrossed House Bill No.
616 by Representative Knox 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 2, after line 15, insert the following: 3 "C.
The legislative auditor shall comply with any and all restrictions imposed by law 4 on documents, data, or information deemed confidential by law and furnished to the 5 legislative auditor." Page 1 of 1

Senate Committee Amendment #4177 H&W Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: SCAHB616 3005 4177 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to Engrossed House Bill No.

SCAHB616 3005 4177 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to Engrossed House Bill No.
616 by Representative Knox 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 2, line 13, change "may" to "shall" Page 1 of 1

Senate Committee Amendment #4158 H&W Draft

Draft

Plain English: SCAHB616 3005 4158 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to Engrossed House Bill No.

SCAHB616 3005 4158 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to Engrossed House Bill No.
616 by Representative Knox 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 2, line 13, change "may" to "shall" Page 1 of 1

Bill History

2026-06-08 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-08 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 819.
2026-06-01 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-06-01 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-31 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-29 H
Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
2026-05-27 H
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate with amendments.
2026-05-26 S
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-25 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-21 S
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-20 S
Reported with amendments.
2026-04-15 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
2026-04-14 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-14 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-13 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.
2026-04-09 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-08 H
Reported favorably (9-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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 Health and Welfare.
2026-02-26 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

MENTAL HEALTH: Provides for oversight of publicly funded homeless service providers

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 8192026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 616
BY REPRESENTATIVES KNOX, CHASSION, AND MARTINEZ
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 24:513(Q) and Part IV of Chapter 3 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised
3 Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 40:581, relative to homelessness; to
4 provide for oversight of publicly funded homeless service providers; to provide for
5 the duties of the auditor; to require homeless service providers to submit certain
6 documentation upon request; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 24:513(Q) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 §513. Powers and duties of legislative auditor; audit reports as public records;
10 assistance and opinions of attorney general; frequency of audits; subpoena
11 power
12 * * *
13 Q. The legislative auditor may review and prepare a report on publicly
14 funded homeless service providers in accordance with R.S. 40:581 for the purposes
15 of transparency and ensuring proper utilization of public funds.
16 Section 2. Part IV of Chapter 3 of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950,
17 comprised of R.S. 40:581, is hereby enacted to read as follows:
18 PART IV. SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
19 §581. Oversight of publicly funded homeless service providers
20 A. Any continuum of care organization or homeless services provider that
21 receives federal, state, or local public funds shall, upon request of the legislative
22 auditor or a parish president or a governing body of a municipality providing such
23 funds, submit to a legislative audit pursuant to R.S. 24:513 and provide the
24 requesting municipality with detailed documentation regarding:
25 (1) Program performance metrics, including housing outcomes and service
26 delivery statistics.
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1 (2) Effectiveness in achieving stated goals and objectives.
2 (3) The use and allocation of public funds in an easy-to-read format, such as
3 a spreadsheet.
4 B. Failure to comply with the provisions of this Section shall result in the
5 suspension or termination of public funding, including federal, state, and local funds,
6 subject to applicable laws and contract provisions.
7 C. The legislative auditor shall comply with any and all restrictions imposed
8 by law on documents, data, or information deemed confidential by law and furnished
9 to the legislative auditor.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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