republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2019/hb-250.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH/BEHAVIORAL: Requires residential treatment facilities to provide access to medication-assisted treatment for patients with opioid use disorder (REF NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "HEALTH/BEHAVIORAL: Requires residential treatment facilities to provide access to medication-assisted treatment for patients with opioid use disorder (REF NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 250"
citation: "Louisiana HB 250 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paula Davis"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eade9b7f-8546-47e7-8df2-e46a558be55d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236004"
source_hash: "f420f484e818d9ad45c6e6cfcd8fbc2b89b11f55062af27718180331a84f476e"
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 250 (2019) — HEALTH/BEHAVIORAL: Requires residential treatment facilities to provide access to medication-assisted treatment for patients with opioid use disorder (REF NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB250 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1119757)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3738, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142453)
3. **HB250 Act 425** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144900)
4. **HB250 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127392)
5. **HB250 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132066)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2274, Davis, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131671)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2327, LeBas, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131988)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1958, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134320)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2241, Luneau, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136442)
10. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2065, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135178)
11. **HB250 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143378)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#1004) — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#180) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#1005) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#646) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#440) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paula Davis — primary (person)
- Frank Hoffmann — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- H. Bernard LeBas — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John E. "Johnny" Guinn — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 425. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-05** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays.
- **2019-06-05** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 89, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2019-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/19.
- **2019-06-04** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2019-06-03** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2019-06-03** Senate conference committee members appointed: Mills, Boudreaux, and Luneau.
- **2019-05-31** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2019-05-31** House conferees appointed: Davis, Hoffmann, and Dustin Miller.
- **2019-05-29** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2019-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2019-05-23** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/19.
- **2019-05-21** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-16** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-15** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-05-09** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-07** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/19.
- **2019-04-29** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably (9-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eade9b7f-8546-47e7-8df2-e46a558be55d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).