republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-896.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH SERVICES: Creates the Louisiana Remote Patient Monitoring Program Law (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "HEALTH SERVICES: Creates the Louisiana Remote Patient Monitoring Program Law (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 896"
citation: "Louisiana HB 896 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brach Myers"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52740460-d861-43ad-a1fb-8bd3b8559617"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247091"
source_hash: "c31645d608c4a6f0cc81eda3b94272240fb46691dc1a1837cdf783dbe2de1305"
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 896 (2024) — HEALTH SERVICES: Creates the Louisiana Remote Patient Monitoring Program Law (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB896 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361149)
2. **HB896 Act 749** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382778)
3. **HB896 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366224)
4. **HB896 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370039)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #3002, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365428)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #3100, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366168)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #3140, Myers, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366000)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #3856, Myers, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369759)
9. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2091, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366406)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3590, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374670)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3627, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374858)
12. **HB896 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381049)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1363) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#752) — **89–6** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1696) — **96–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brach Myers — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Shaun Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (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. 749. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 2, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2024-05-16** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-05-16** Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
- **2024-05-15** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-01** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-29** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2024.
- **2024-04-22** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-22** Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2024-04-17** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2024-04-16** Reported with amendments (11-0). `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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52740460-d861-43ad-a1fb-8bd3b8559617`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).