LouisianaLouisiana Medicaid covers glucose monitors for some people with diabetes
Louisiana Medicaid provides coverage for glucose monitors for enrollees with diabetes who use insulin more than twice daily or have certain low blood sugar levels.
What it does
Louisiana Medicaid covers a glucose monitor for enrollees with diabetes who use insulin more than twice daily or have evidence of level 2 or 3 low blood sugar. An exception may apply.
Argument forEnrollees who meet the listed conditions could receive Medicaid coverage for a monitor to track their blood sugar.
Argument againstEnrollees whose diabetes does not meet the listed insulin-use or low-blood-sugar conditions may not qualify for monitor coverage under this rule.
More detail
Louisiana Medicaid provides coverage for a continuous glucose monitor to treat an enrollee with a listed condition. The listed condition is any type of diabetes, including gestational diabetes, when the enrollee uses insulin more than twice daily or has evidence of level 2 or level 3 low blood sugar. An exception in Subsection B may apply; that subsection is not included in the excerpt.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Jun 9Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 889.Became Law
- Jun 9Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 28Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 27Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 27Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 26Rules suspended. 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 FINAL PASSAGE (#1357). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded CO-AUTHORS (#1358). Result: fail.Upper
- May 26Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
- May 25Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 21Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 20Reported favorably.Minor
- May 6Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
- May 5Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#868). Result: pass.Lower
- May 5Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 29Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.
- Apr 28Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 27Reported favorably (14-0).Minor
- Apr 16Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- Apr 15Reported with amendments (8-0).Minor
- Apr 1Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
- Mar 31Read by title. Lies over under the rules.Introduced
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