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HB876 • 2026
CIVIL/LAW: Provides relative to medical liens
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CIVIL/LAW: Provides relative to medical liens
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
Prefiled.
CIVIL/LAW: Provides relative to medical liens
HLS 26RS-1089 ORIGINAL 2026 Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO. 876 BY REPRESENTATIVE ROBBY CARTER CIVIL/LAW: Provides relative to medical liens 1 AN ACT 2 To amend and reenact R.S. 9:4752, relative to proceeds collected from third parties in favor 3 of medical providers for services furnished to injured persons; to provide relative to 4 medical liens; to provide relative to litigation costs; and to provide for related 5 matters. 6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: 7 Section 1. R.S. 9:4752 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 8 §4752. Privilege on net proceeds collected from third party in favor of medical 9 providers for services and supplies furnished injured persons 10 A. A health care healthcare provider, hospital, or ambulance service that 11 furnishes services or supplies to any injured person shall have a privilege for the 12 reasonable charges or fees of such health care healthcare provider, hospital, or 13 ambulance service on the net amount payable to the injured person, his heirs, or legal 14 representatives, out of the total amount of any recovery or sum had, collected, or to 15 be collected, whether by judgment or by settlement or compromise, from another 16 person on account of such injuries, and on the net amount payable by any insurance 17 company under any contract providing for indemnity or compensation to the injured 18 person. The privilege of an attorney shall have precedence over the privilege created 19 under this Section. Page 1 of 2 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions. HLS 26RS-1089 ORIGINAL HB NO. 876 1 B. A healthcare provider, hospital, or ambulance service shall be responsible 2 for up to twenty percent of litigation costs, as ordered by the court. DIGEST The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 876 Original 2026 Regular Session Robby Carter Abstract: Provides relative to litigation costs associated with medical liens. Present law (R.S. 9:4752) provides that a healthcare provider, hospital, or ambulance service that furnishes services or supplies to any injured person shall have a privilege for the reasonable charges or fees. Proposed law retains present law and provides that a healthcare provider, hospital, or ambulance service shall be responsible for up to 20% of litigation costs, as ordered by the court. (Amends R.S. 9:4752) Page 2 of 2 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.