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HB 119 — INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to the denial of a prescription based upon step therapy or fail first protocols or nonformulary status
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 206.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 22, 2019. Enacted.
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Passed 5 recorded votes so far.
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Read HB 119 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 206.
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Effective date: 01/01/2020.
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Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 89, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
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Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
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Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
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Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
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Conference committee report received.
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Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/19.
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Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
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Senate conference committee members appointed: John Smith, Gary Smith, and Morrish.
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Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
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House conferees appointed: Bishop, Talbot, and Stefanski.
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Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
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Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
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Received from the Senate with amendments.
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Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/19.
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Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Reported with amendments.
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Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
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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, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/19.
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Reported with amendments (8-0).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.
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Prefiled.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.
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First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/22/2019.
Sponsors
- Stuart J. Bishop · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Stuart J. Bishop
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (146)
146 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 146 →"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 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Unaffiliated | 52 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Democrat | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 89 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| % of votes cast | 85% | 0% | 0% | 15% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Ivey | — | Yea |
| LeBas | — | Yea |
| Leopold | — | Not Voting |
| Magee | — | Yea |
| Marino | — | Yea |
| Glover | — | Yea |
| Guinn | — | Yea |
| Leger | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Anders | — | Yea |
| Armes | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Henry | — | Not Voting |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Moss | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Hoffmann | — | Yea |
| Hollis | — | Yea |
| Brown, C. | — | Yea |
| Brown, T. | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Huval | — | Yea |
| Carter, S. | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| James | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Johnson, R. | — | Yea |
| Norton | — | Yea |
| Landry, N. | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| DuBuisson | — | Yea |
| Pearson | — | Yea |
| Pierre | — | Yea |
| Pope | — | Yea |
| Pugh | — | Yea |
| Schexnayder | — | Yea |
| Billiot | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Yea |
| Carmody | — | Yea |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Stefanski | — | Yea |
| Stokes | — | Yea |
| Richard | — | Not Voting |
| Simon | — | Not Voting |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Pylant | — | Yea |
| Abramson | — | Not Voting |
| Amedee | — | Not Voting |
| Bagneris | — | Yea |
| Berthelot | — | Yea |
| Chaney | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Dwight | — | Yea |
| Falconer | — | Not Voting |
| Franklin | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Garofalo | — | Not Voting |
| Gisclair | — | Yea |
| Landry, T. | — | Yea |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Yea |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Dustin Miller | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Not Voting |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Yea |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Not Voting |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip DeVillier | Republican | Yea |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Not Voting |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Not Voting |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Not Voting |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Long | — | Yea |
| Martiny | — | Yea |
| Milkovich | — | Yea |
| Hewitt | — | Yea |
| Johns | — | Yea |
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Fannin | — | Yea |
| Morrell | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Morrish | — | Yea |
| Smith, G. | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Smith, J. | — | Yea |
| Peacock | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Appel | — | Yea |
| Claitor | — | Yea |
| Colomb | — | Yea |
| Donahue | — | Yea |
| Walsworth | — | Yea |
| Ward | — | Yea |
| Mills | — | Yea |
| Chabert | — | Yea |
| Cortez | — | Yea |
| Erdey | — | Yea |
| Gatti | — | Yea |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Yea |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 49 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Republican | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 91 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| % of votes cast | 87% | 0% | 0% | 13% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Leger | — | Yea |
| Leopold | — | Not Voting |
| Magee | — | Yea |
| Marino | — | Not Voting |
| Glover | — | Yea |
| Guinn | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| LeBas | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Anders | — | Yea |
| Billiot | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Yea |
| Falconer | — | Yea |
| Henry | — | Not Voting |
| Hoffmann | — | Yea |
| Moss | — | Yea |
| Brown, C. | — | Yea |
| Brown, T. | — | Yea |
| Hollis | — | Yea |
| Carter, S. | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Huval | — | Yea |
| Ivey | — | Yea |
| James | — | Yea |
| Johnson, R. | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Landry, N. | — | Yea |
| Norton | — | Not Voting |
| Pearson | — | Not Voting |
| DuBuisson | — | Not Voting |
| Pierre | — | Yea |
| Pope | — | Yea |
| Chaney | — | Yea |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Pugh | — | Not Voting |
| Pylant | — | Yea |
| Richard | — | Not Voting |
| Schexnayder | — | Yea |
| Simon | — | Not Voting |
| Stefanski | — | Yea |
| Stokes | — | Not Voting |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Abramson | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Not Voting |
| Armes | — | Yea |
| Bagneris | — | Yea |
| Berthelot | — | Yea |
| Carmody | — | Yea |
| Dwight | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Franklin | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Garofalo | — | Yea |
| Gisclair | — | Yea |
| Landry, T. | — | Yea |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Yea |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Yea |
| Dustin Miller | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Yea |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Yea |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip DeVillier | Republican | Yea |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Not Voting |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 35 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Long | — | Yea |
| Martiny | — | Yea |
| Milkovich | — | Yea |
| Mills | — | Yea |
| Hewitt | — | Yea |
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Fannin | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Smith, G. | — | Yea |
| Appel | — | Yea |
| Erdey | — | Yea |
| Peacock | — | Yea |
| Smith, J. | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Johns | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Not Voting |
| Chabert | — | Yea |
| Claitor | — | Yea |
| Colomb | — | Yea |
| Cortez | — | Yea |
| Walsworth | — | Yea |
| Ward | — | Yea |
| Morrell | — | Not Voting |
| Morrish | — | Yea |
| Donahue | — | Yea |
| Gatti | — | Yea |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Yea |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Not Voting |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 57 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 98 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 93% | 0% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Huval | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| LeBas | — | Yea |
| Leger | — | Yea |
| Leopold | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Glover | — | Not Voting |
| Moss | — | Yea |
| Henry | — | Not Voting |
| Hoffmann | — | Yea |
| Brown, C. | — | Yea |
| Brown, T. | — | Yea |
| Hollis | — | Yea |
| Carter, S. | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Ivey | — | Yea |
| Johnson, R. | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| James | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Landry, N. | — | Yea |
| DuBuisson | — | Yea |
| Norton | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Pearson | — | Yea |
| Pierre | — | Yea |
| Pope | — | Yea |
| Carmody | — | Yea |
| Chaney | — | Yea |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Pugh | — | Yea |
| Pylant | — | Yea |
| Richard | — | Yea |
| Schexnayder | — | Yea |
| Simon | — | Not Voting |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Stefanski | — | Yea |
| Stokes | — | Yea |
| Abramson | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Billiot | — | Yea |
| Falconer | — | Yea |
| Franklin | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Guinn | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Magee | — | Yea |
| Marino | — | Yea |
| Anders | — | Yea |
| Armes | — | Yea |
| Bagneris | — | Yea |
| Berthelot | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Yea |
| Dwight | — | Yea |
| Garofalo | — | Yea |
| Gisclair | — | Yea |
| Landry, T. | — | Yea |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Yea |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Yea |
| Dustin Miller | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Not Voting |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Yea |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Not Voting |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Johnson | 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 |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
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