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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "HEALTH/BEHAVIORAL: Includes addiction counselors and other behavioral health providers within the definition of \"healthcare provider\" in the La. Telehealth Access Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
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description: "HEALTH/BEHAVIORAL: Includes addiction counselors and other behavioral health providers within the definition of \"healthcare provider\" in the La. Telehealth Access Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 826"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 826 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Larry Bagley"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-03-17"
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last_action: "2022-05-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be2a8d73-eaae-4611-9f29-7f4b50b72ebe"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=242764"
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source_hash: "9cdeec7f5b52367d4901d8a249652b364ef31a7c0d49f43ae0685a91e2687b22"
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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 826 (2022) — HEALTH/BEHAVIORAL: Includes addiction counselors and other behavioral health providers within the definition of "healthcare provider" in the La. Telehealth Access Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE 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. **HB826 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1259936)
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2. **HB826 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1286164)
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3. **HB826 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1267555)
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4. **HB826 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1276196)
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5. **House Committee Amendment, #2154, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1267033)
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6. **House Committee Amendment, #2191, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1267325)
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7. **House Floor Amendment, #2248, Bagley, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1267680)
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8. **HB826 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1280379)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#658) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#685) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Larry Bagley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-05-25** Effective date: 08/01/2022.
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- **2022-05-25** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 189. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-20** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-19** Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2022-05-18** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- **2022-05-17** Received from the Senate without amendments.
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- **2022-05-17** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2022-05-15** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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- **2022-05-12** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2022-05-11** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
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- **2022-05-10** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-09** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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- **2022-05-04** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2022-05-04** Called from the calendar.
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- **2022-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/04/2022.
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- **2022-05-02** Notice given.
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- **2022-04-13** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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- **2022-04-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2022.
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- **2022-04-07** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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- **2022-04-06** Reported with amendments (13-0).
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- **2022-03-21** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-17** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
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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/be2a8d73-eaae-4611-9f29-7f4b50b72ebe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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