MEDICAID: Provides relative to Medicaid fraud detection and prevention (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
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HB 480 — MEDICAID: Provides relative to Medicaid fraud detection and prevention (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Last action — Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
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Read HB 480 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
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Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 59, nays 31. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 05/03/18.
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Reported with amendments (16-3).
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Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
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Reported favorably (8-3).
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Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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Prefiled.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Sponsors
- Tony Bacala · Primary
- Rick Edmonds · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on · 31 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Tony Bacala Republican Voted No
Co-sponsors (1)
- Rick Edmonds Republican Voted No
Not signed on (145)
145 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 145 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 1 | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| Unaffiliated | 21 | 33 | 0 | 13 |
| Democrat | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 34 | 54 | 0 | 17 |
| % of votes cast | 32% | 51% | 0% | 16% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Leger | — | Yea |
| Leopold | — | Not Voting |
| Magee | — | Nay |
| Marino | — | Not Voting |
| Richard | — | Nay |
| Guinn | — | Nay |
| Havard | — | Nay |
| Hazel | — | Nay |
| Hoffmann | — | Nay |
| Hollis | — | Nay |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Nay |
| Pearson | — | Nay |
| Pope | — | Nay |
| Bishop | — | Nay |
| Pugh | — | Nay |
| Brown, T. | — | Nay |
| Billiot | — | Nay |
| Bouie | — | Nay |
| Pylant | — | Nay |
| Schexnayder | — | Nay |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Carter, S. | — | Nay |
| Henry | — | Not Voting |
| Hill | — | Not Voting |
| Landry, N. | — | Nay |
| Howard | — | Nay |
| Hunter | — | Yea |
| Huval | — | Nay |
| Ivey | — | Nay |
| James | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| LeBas | — | Not Voting |
| Brown, C. | — | Not Voting |
| Norton | — | Yea |
| Pierre | — | Yea |
| Johnson | — | Not Voting |
| Reynolds | — | Not Voting |
| White | — | Not Voting |
| Shadoin | — | Nay |
| Armes | — | Yea |
| Carmody | — | Nay |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Cromer | — | Not Voting |
| Davis | — | Not Voting |
| Emerson | — | Nay |
| Simon | — | Nay |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Stefanski | — | Nay |
| Stokes | — | Nay |
| Thibaut | — | Yea |
| Abramson | — | Not Voting |
| Amedee | — | Nay |
| Anders | — | Yea |
| Bagneris | — | Yea |
| Berthelot | — | Nay |
| Chaney | — | Nay |
| Danahay | — | Not Voting |
| Dwight | — | Yea |
| Falconer | — | Nay |
| Franklin | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Garofalo | — | Nay |
| Gisclair | — | Yea |
| Glover | — | Yea |
| Landry, T. | — | Yea |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Yea |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Yea |
| Dustin Miller | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Nay |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Nay |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Nay |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Not Voting |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Nay |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Nay |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Nay |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Nay |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Nay |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Not Voting |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Nay |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Nay |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Nay |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Nay |
| Phillip DeVillier | Republican | Nay |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Nay |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Not Voting |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Nay |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Nay |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Nay |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Nay |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 36 | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| Democrat | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 59 | 31 | 0 | 15 |
| % of votes cast | 56% | 30% | 0% | 14% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Howard | — | Not Voting |
| LeBas | — | Nay |
| Leger | — | Nay |
| Magee | — | Yea |
| Marino | — | Not Voting |
| Simon | — | Yea |
| Richard | — | Yea |
| Stokes | — | Yea |
| Abramson | — | Not Voting |
| Hall | — | Nay |
| Hunter | — | Nay |
| James | — | Nay |
| Bouie | — | Nay |
| Guinn | — | Yea |
| Havard | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Nay |
| Hazel | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson | — | Nay |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Hoffmann | — | Yea |
| Hollis | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Brown, T. | — | Yea |
| Carter, S. | — | Yea |
| Huval | — | Yea |
| Ivey | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Nay |
| Jones | — | Nay |
| Landry, N. | — | Yea |
| Leopold | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Norton | — | Nay |
| Pearson | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Anders | — | Not Voting |
| Billiot | — | Yea |
| Carmody | — | Yea |
| Chaney | — | Yea |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Not Voting |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Pierre | — | Nay |
| Pope | — | Yea |
| Pugh | — | Yea |
| Pylant | — | Yea |
| Reynolds | — | Not Voting |
| Shadoin | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Stefanski | — | Yea |
| Brown, C. | — | Not Voting |
| Henry | — | Not Voting |
| Cromer | — | Not Voting |
| Schexnayder | — | Not Voting |
| Thibaut | — | Not Voting |
| Armes | — | Nay |
| Bagneris | — | Nay |
| Berthelot | — | Yea |
| Danahay | — | Nay |
| Dwight | — | Yea |
| Falconer | — | Yea |
| Franklin | — | Nay |
| Gaines | — | Nay |
| Garofalo | — | Yea |
| Gisclair | — | Yea |
| Glover | — | Nay |
| Landry, T. | — | Nay |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Nay |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Nay |
| Dustin Miller | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Nay |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Nay |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Nay |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Nay |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Nay |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Nay |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Nay |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Nay |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Nay |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Nay |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Yea |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Not Voting |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip DeVillier | Republican | Yea |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Not Voting |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 480?
- HB 480 is sponsored by Tony Bacala (Republican) and Rick Edmonds (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 480?
- This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track HB 480?
- Track HB 480 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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