republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2021/sb-191.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides relative to coverage of certain physician-administered drugs and related services. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides relative to coverage of certain physician-administered drugs and related services. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 191"
citation: "Louisiana SB 191 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Cloud"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/512e6ad4-5b0a-449d-9d2b-b76531fabb8e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240483"
source_hash: "18b32831471423a8f8a883291dc56fcf841e26cd5ffe057e141142f250077ac9"
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 191 (2021) — INSURANCE POLICIES: Provides relative to coverage of certain physician-administered drugs and related services. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB191 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1211736)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2292, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220951)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2315, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221341)
4. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1701, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221730)
5. **SB191 Act 50** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230698)
6. **SB191 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215543)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #707, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215020)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #769, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215420)
9. **SB191 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1227686)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#454) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#116) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#117) — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#543) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Heather Cloud — primary (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Carter Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-01** Effective date 6/1/2021.
- **2021-06-01** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 50. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-27** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-05-25** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-05-24** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-05-20** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-05-19** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2021.
- **2021-05-10** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-06** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-05** Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-04-28** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-04-26** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-04-20** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/512e6ad4-5b0a-449d-9d2b-b76531fabb8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).