HEALTH CARE/RECORDS: Provides for the use of certain medical terminology in medical documentation (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Looking ahead

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History

1. 2026
   1. May 29Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 540.Became Law
   2. May 29Effective date: 08/01/2026.
   3. May 26Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
   4. May 25Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
   5. May 25Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
   6. May 25Signed by the President of the Senate.
   7. May 21Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
      • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1153). Result: pass.Upper
   8. May 18Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
   9. May 14Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
   10. May 13Reported favorably.Minor
   11. Apr 14Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
   12. Apr 13Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
   13. Apr 9Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
       • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#389). Result: pass.Lower
   14. Apr 8Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
   15. Apr 7Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
   16. Apr 1Reported with amendments (10-0).Minor
   17. Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
   18. Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
   19. Feb 24Prefiled.Minor
   20. Feb 24Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Introduced