---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAID: Creates a pilot program for Medicaid recipients to utilize portable oxygen concentrators. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "MEDICAID: Creates a pilot program for Medicaid recipients to utilize portable oxygen concentrators. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 187"
citation: "Louisiana SB 187 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Boudreaux"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85a1c04e-b72e-49ea-a265-9721a2611b54"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246234"
source_hash: "6b7cc1dc4cd9550c60eb543dc6a997138ace2fd3b37f98e8ebba1b13a14dc191"
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 SB 187 (2024) — MEDICAID: Creates a pilot program for Medicaid recipients to utilize portable oxygen concentrators. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB187 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1351110)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #4994, Miller, D., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377139)
3. **SB187 Act 509** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382214)
4. **SB187 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366629)
5. **SB187 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368430)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1909, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365037)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2065, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366296)
8. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2192, Boudreaux, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367335)
9. **SB187 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379030)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#1217) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#365) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1346) — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerald Boudreaux — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-10** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 509. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-23** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/23/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-20** Reported favorably (19-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2024-05-08** Reported favorably (10-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-23** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-17** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-15** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- **2024-04-15** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Finance. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85a1c04e-b72e-49ea-a265-9721a2611b54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).