HEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT: Provides relative to the treatment of sexual assault survivors by hospitals and healthcare providers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Healthcare

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Delisha Boyd
Last action: 2026-05-28
Official status: Sent to Governor
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Healthcare for Sexual Assault Survivors

This bill requires hospitals and healthcare providers to provide information about treatment options, including emergency contraception and post-exposure prophylaxis, to sexual assault survivors.

What This Bill Does

Requires hospitals and healthcare providers to give information about treatment options to people who have been sexually assaulted.
Ensures that all sexual assault survivors are examined and treated by a qualified healthcare provider in a private space without delay.
Allows an advocate, if available, to be present during the forensic medical examination with the survivor's consent.
Requires healthcare providers to offer emergency contraception and post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV and STIs when medically indicated.

Who It Names or Affects

Sexual assault survivors who seek treatment at hospitals or from healthcare providers in Louisiana.
Hospitals and healthcare providers in Louisiana.

Terms To Know

Advocate: A person trained to support sexual assault survivors during medical examinations.
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP): Medication given after a possible exposure to HIV or other sexually transmitted infections to prevent infection.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if the required medications are unavailable.
It is unclear how hospitals and providers will be funded for these additional treatments.
The bill's impact on survivor care beyond medical treatment is not detailed.

Amendments

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

House Committee Amendment #5170 H&W Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB895 4921 5170 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.

HCAHB895 4921 5170 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Health and Welfare to Original House Bill No.
895 by Representative Boyd 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 2, delete lines 9 and 10 and insert in lieu thereof the following: 3 "survivor, when medically indicated, emergency contraception and HIV and STI 4 post-exposure prophylaxis administered in accordance with the Drug Information 5 Handbook." Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.

Bill History

2026-05-28 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-27 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-27 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-26 S
Rules suspended. 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
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-20 S
Reported favorably.
2026-05-12 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
2026-05-11 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-05-11 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-05-07 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.
2026-05-07 H
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-05-06 H
Reported with amendments (13-0).
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.
2026-02-27 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
2026-02-27 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

HEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT: Provides relative to the treatment of sexual assault survivors by hospitals and healthcare providers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 895
BY REPRESENTATIVES BOYD AND CHASSION
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1216.1(A)(2)(e), relative to survivors of sexual assault; to
3 provide for medical treatment by a healthcare provider; to provide for a minimum
4 supply of post-exposure prophylaxis; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:1216.1(A)(2)(e) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7 follows:
8 §1216.1. Procedures for survivors of a sexually oriented criminal offense;
9 immunity; regional plans; maximum allowable costs; definitions; documents
10 requested by victim
11 A. All licensed hospitals and healthcare providers in Louisiana shall offer
12 every sexual assault survivor information to receive the treatment provided for in this
13 Section. A licensed hospital or healthcare provider shall adhere to the following
14 procedures if a person presents for treatment as a sexual assault survivor:
15 * * *
16 (2) All sexual assault survivors shall be examined and treated, without undue
17 delay, in a private space required to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the
18 survivor by a qualified healthcare provider. Examination and treatment, including
19 the forensic medical examination, shall be adapted as necessary to address the unique
20 needs and circumstances of each survivor. All survivors shall be afforded an
21 advocate whose communications are privileged in accordance with the provisions of
22 R.S. 46:2187, if one is available. With the consent of the survivor, an advocate shall
23 remain in the examination room during the forensic medical examination. With the
24 consent of the survivor, the examination and treatment of all sexual assault survivors
25 shall, at a minimum, include all of the following:
26 * * *
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HB NO. 895 ENROLLED
1 (e) Any medication provided during the forensic medical examination, which
2 may include examination. A healthcare provider shall make available to each
3 survivor, when medically indicated, emergency contraception and HIV and STI post-
4 exposure prophylaxis administered in accordance with the Drug Information
5 Handbook.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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