---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides relative to healthcare outcomes for patient's suffering with behavioral health issues"
description: "HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides relative to healthcare outcomes for patient's suffering with behavioral health issues"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 849"
citation: "Louisiana HB 849 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John \"Big John\" Illg , Jr."]
version_count: 10
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/921b5003-3f0b-4e36-a150-477195f7876c"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247005"
source_hash: "22a5f4d4698b3902153e1bbd8f4915d6fe2c8ec25fc4857302b2f97a8cedbe6e"
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 849 (2024) — HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides relative to healthcare outcomes for patient's suffering with behavioral health issues

## Version chain

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

1. **HB849 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360504)
2. **HB849 Act 737** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382764)
3. **HB849 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366935)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #3174, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366253)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #3290, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366913)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3083, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372024)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3164, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372397)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3262, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372819)
9. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3353, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373407)
10. **HB849 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379964)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1517) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#695) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#818) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 737. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-15** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-04-24** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-04-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/2024.
- **2024-04-18** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-17** Reported with amendments (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/921b5003-3f0b-4e36-a150-477195f7876c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).