LouisianaLouisiana health officials will study women’s health and recommend priorities
The Department of Health’s advisory group will study women’s health needs and report recommendations before the 2027 legislative session, with work limited by available funding.
What it does
The Department of Health has a group of state officials, health experts, and a health care consumer that will study women’s health and recommend priorities. Its advice does not require agencies to act.
The group must report its work and recommendations to state lawmakers and the governor’s office, including its plan for women’s health.
Argument forThe group could help state leaders spot gaps in women’s health care and suggest ways to improve research, training, and access.
Argument againstThe group’s advice may not lead to changes in care because agencies need separate approval and funding before acting on its recommendations.
More detail
The Louisiana Department of Health has a Women's Health Consortium that studies women’s health needs and recommends priorities and possible improvements. The group includes state officials, lawmakers, health experts, and a health care consumer. It may seek advice from other interested groups. The consortium advises state agencies but cannot require them to adopt its recommendations. Its work may be carried out only with available appropriated or other funding. Agencies do not have to create positions, sign contracts, or spend additional funds without a specific legislative appropriation. The section’s provisions end June 30, 2027, unless the Legislature extends them.
The consortium must send a written report on its work, findings, and recommendations to state lawmakers, the governor’s office, and the Legislative Research Library. The report covers the consortium’s activities, findings, recommendations, and women’s health agenda. The report must include the state women’s health agenda. Where practical, the Department of Health may include the report in existing reports or publications to reduce duplicate work. The report is due before the 2027 regular legislative session begins. The reporting requirement ends June 30, 2027, unless the Legislature extends the law.
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
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- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jun 9Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 855.Became Law
- Jun 9Effective date: 06/09/2026.
- Jun 4Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- Jun 1Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
- May 31Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1803). Result: pass.Lower
- May 31Called from the calendar.
- May 31Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- May 29Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded CO-AUTHORS (#1559). Result: fail.Upper
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1558). Result: pass.Upper
- May 29Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 29Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/2026.
- May 28Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- May 28Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 28Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 25Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- May 21Reported favorably.Minor
- May 20Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- May 20Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Education.
- May 18Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
- May 14Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- May 13Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1253). Result: pass.Lower
- May 12Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- May 12Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2026.
- May 11Reported favorably (14-0).Minor
- Apr 7Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- Apr 1Reported with amendments (11-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
- Feb 27Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 27Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.Introduced
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