---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides a time period after payment of a claim during which an insurer may dispute and recoup the amount paid"
description: "INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides a time period after payment of a claim during which an insurer may dispute and recoup the amount paid"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 194"
citation: "Louisiana HB 194 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frankie Howard"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-27"
last_action: "2018-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1b7335a-7d26-499b-a11b-0fe6089f0087"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233439"
source_hash: "2b11bb7f48db5dda8cd159f017599c7a0b3f4941f11412ec0b54a6441f2ad32d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana HB 194 (2018) — INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides a time period after payment of a claim during which an insurer may dispute and recoup the amount paid

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB194 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1068617)
2. **HB194 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1096939)
3. **HB194 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1080221)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1125, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1075401)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1918, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1080132)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2802, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1087643)
7. **HB194 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093054)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#530) — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#714) — **94–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#252) — **96–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Frankie Howard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-10** Effective date: 08/01/2018.
- **2018-05-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 66. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2018-04-27** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/03/18.
- **2018-04-26** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2018-04-25** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-04-19** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-18** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- **2018-04-05** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-04-04** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/04/18.
- **2018-03-29** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-28** Reported with amendments (9-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1b7335a-7d26-499b-a11b-0fe6089f0087`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).