LouisianaLouisiana health department sets statewide quality goals for nursing homes
The Louisiana health department must coordinate with care and advocacy groups to develop a statewide effort focused on nursing facility quality.
What it does
The Louisiana health department must develop a statewide effort to stabilize nursing facility performance and support ongoing improvement, focusing on quality risks and coordinating with care and advocacy groups.
The department must develop staff expertise for the quality effort. It may use online tools, resident and family surveys, staff training, or a federal staffing campaign.
The department must report to legislative health committees on the effort’s status each year.
Argument forFacility staff could get more focused help with quality risks through expert support, practical tools, and training chosen by the department.
Argument againstThe initiative, staff expertise work, and yearly reports could add ongoing duties for department staff, leaving them less time for other work.
More detail
The Louisiana Department of Health must develop a statewide quality oversight initiative for nursing facilities. The initiative covers nursing facilities statewide and aims to stabilize facility performance and support continued quality improvement. The law sets short-term and long-term goals but does not give a start date for developing the initiative.
The department, through its office of aging and adult services, must identify and develop internal experts to support the initiative. The experts support the statewide quality effort for nursing facilities. The department may choose which support efforts to use. Examples include online tools, resident and family surveys, staff training and development, and participation in a federal nursing home staffing campaign.
The department must report on the initiative’s status to the Senate and House health and welfare committees. Reports go to the state Senate and House committees on health and welfare. The first report is due January 1, 2028, and another is due each January 1 after that.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Jun 9Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 896.Became Law
- Jun 9Effective date 8/1/2026.
- Jun 1Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.To Governor
- May 31Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.Minor
- May 31Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 29Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1637). Result: pass.Lower
- May 29Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- May 29Received from the House without amendments.Minor
- May 28Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- May 27Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- May 26Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.Minor
- May 18Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
- May 13Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded CO-AUTHORS (#827). Result: fail.Upper
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#826). Result: pass.Upper
- May 13Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- May 12Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- May 12Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 7Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- May 6Reported with amendments.Minor
- Mar 11Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
- Mar 10Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Introduced
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