---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE/HEALTH: Requires health insurance coverage for integrative cancer treatments (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "INSURANCE/HEALTH: Requires health insurance coverage for integrative cancer treatments (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 357"
citation: "Louisiana HB 357 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aimee Adatto Freeman"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-03"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/234bed27-b578-482b-b4d2-a40f3112f52e"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248331"
source_hash: "75f94e16f5db49d4df9f35e0ce004c51915ef6fa0e870480d16b1a1e37711f8f"
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 357 (2025) — INSURANCE/HEALTH: Requires health insurance coverage for integrative cancer treatments (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB357 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1402761)
2. **HB357 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425482)
3. **HB357 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412648)
4. **HB357 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416052)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2142, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1410866)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2354, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411926)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2394, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412528)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #3065, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415731)
9. **House Committee Amendment, #3135, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416030)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2712, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420917)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2870, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421723)
12. **HB357 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423429)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#526) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#706) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1000) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aimee Adatto Freeman — primary (person)
- Adam Bass — cosponsor (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Annie Spell — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Muscarello — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Shaun Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Landry Jr — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Hebert — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-10** Effective date: 01/01/2026.
- **2025-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 227. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/9/2025.
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2025-06-08** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-08** 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`
- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2025.
- **2025-05-20** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-19** Reported with amendments (23-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-08** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2025-05-07** Reported with amendments (16-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/234bed27-b578-482b-b4d2-a40f3112f52e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).