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type: "Bill"
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title: "MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid coverage of dental care for certain adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities (EN +$292,352 GF EX See Note)"
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description: "MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid coverage of dental care for certain adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities (EN +$292,352 GF EX See Note)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 172"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 172 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rhonda Butler"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-23"
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last_action: "2021-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03458954-db7a-460f-b281-b5540e6bd02c"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239998"
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source_hash: "3540d962dacaa08b42b67898ac4bff2bc79666bcfe7f2d49963232beb484d951"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
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---
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# Louisiana HB 172 (2021) — MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid coverage of dental care for certain adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities (EN +$292,352 GF EX See Note)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB172 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1205870)
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2. **HB172 Act 450** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1236011)
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3. **HB172 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217954)
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4. **House Committee Amendment, #1738, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217615)
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5. **House Committee Amendment, #1759, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217864)
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6. **HB172 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231479)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#494) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#718) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Rhonda Butler — primary (person)
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- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
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- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
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- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
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- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
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- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
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- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
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- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
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- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
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- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
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- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
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- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
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- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
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- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
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- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
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- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
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- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
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- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
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- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
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- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
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- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
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- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
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- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
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- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
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- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
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- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-23** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
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- **2021-06-23** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 450. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-08** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/3/2021.
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- **2021-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- **2021-06-03** Received from the Senate without amendments.
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- **2021-06-02** Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2021-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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- **2021-06-01** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2021-05-27** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
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- **2021-05-26** Reported favorably.
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- **2021-05-19** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-18** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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- **2021-05-18** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2021.
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- **2021-05-12** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
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- **2021-05-12** Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
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- **2021-04-28** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
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- **2021-04-27** Reported with amendments (15-0).
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- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-26** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/26/2021.
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- **2021-03-23** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-23** Prefiled. `filing`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03458954-db7a-460f-b281-b5540e6bd02c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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