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June/July 2024

SB 276, Pressly CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates the crime of coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud to prohibit a third-party from knowingly using an abortion-inducing drug to cause, or attempt to cause, an abortion on an unsuspecting pregnant mother without her knowledge or consent and amends various abortion criminal laws to add the crime of attempted abortion 5/28/2024 Enrolled in the Senate, sent to the Governor SB 278, Jackson-Andrews CHILDREN: Creates the Louisiana Pregnancy and Baby Care Initiative 5/28/2024 Becomes Act 329; Effective May 28, 2024 SB 296, Boudreaux HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to emergency medical services 5/23/2024 Becomes Act 171; Effective May 23, 2024 SB 300, Duplessis INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides for health insurance coverage of pregnancy-related and postpartum healthcare services 5/29/2024 Enrolled in the Senate, sent to the Governor SB 325, Edmonds WOMEN: Provides for an informational document to be made available to pregnant mothers following the diagnosis of a fetal genetic abnormality with respect to their unborn child 5/28/2024 Becomes Act 332; Effective August 1, 2024 SB 338, Boudreaux HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Requires health coverage plans to include alternative imaging methods to mammography 5/23/2024 Becomes Act 174; Effective May 23, 2024 SB 342, Harris HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to the Louisiana Tumor Registry 5/28/2024 Becomes Act 404; Effective May 28, 2024 SB 357, Seabaugh EMERGENCY POWERS: Provides relative to termination of a public health emergency 6/10/2024 Becomes Act 519; Effective June 10, 2024 SB 444, Jackson-Andrews PHARMACEUTICALS: Provides relative to pharmaceutical reimbursements 5/30/2024 Enrolled in the Senate, sent to the Governor SB 455, Barrow HEALTH SERVICES: Restricts the location of certain psychiatric facilities 6/11/2024 Becomes Act 588; Effective June 11, 2024 SB 487, Cathey HOSPITALS: Provides for hospital drug screenings 5/30/2024 Enrolled in the Senate, sent to the Governor SB 509, Duplessis PUBLIC HEALTH: Provides for violence prevention 5/31/2024 Enrolled in the Senate, sent to the Governor h Ʃ ps://legis.la.gov/legis/ BillSearch.aspx?sid=last Watch our video to learn how to use the legisla Ɵ ve website to look up informa Ɵ on on any bill fi led.

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