republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-849.md

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Bill	HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides relative to healthcare outcomes for patient's suffering with behavioral health issues	HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides relative to healthcare outcomes for patient's suffering with behavioral health issues	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	HB 849	Louisiana HB 849 (2024)	bill		enacted	John "Big John" Illg , Jr.	10	22	3	2024-04-02	2024-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/921b5003-3f0b-4e36-a150-477195f7876c	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247005	22a5f4d4698b3902153e1bbd8f4915d6fe2c8ec25fc4857302b2f97a8cedbe6e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. HB849 Act 737 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB849 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. House Committee Amendment, #3174, H&W, Draft (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #3290, H&W, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Committee Amendment, #3083, H&W, Draft (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Committee Amendment, #3164, H&W, Draft (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Committee Amendment, #3262, H&W, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3353, BUREAU, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
10. HB849 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/921b5003-3f0b-4e36-a150-477195f7876c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).