HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to amend the state Medicaid plan to extend postpartum coverage for a full year after pregnancy ends.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jun 8, 2021
Last action Jun 10, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
0
Jun 9, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read by title and adopted.
upper
Jun 8, 2021
Introduced
Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
KC
Karen Carter Peterson
DDemocratic
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