MENTAL HEALTH: Provides for the membership of the Mental Health Advocacy Service
HB 574 amends Louisiana law to revise the membership requirements for the Mental Health Advocacy Service board of trustees. It specifies that the board will include representatives from designated law schools (Loyola, Southern University, LSU, and Tulane) and updated names for key organizations: the Louisiana Mental Health Association, Louisiana State Medical Society, and Louisiana State Bar Association. The bill does not create new services or funding but adjusts which entities serve on the governing board. This is a procedural change affecting the board's composition, not the service's operations.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 26, 2026
Signed May 22, 2026
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This bill enrolls the final version of HB 574, which updates the names of two organizations serving on the Mental Health Advocacy Service board. The changes rename the 'Mental Health Association of Louisiana' to the 'Louisiana Mental Health Association' and the 'Louisiana Medical Society' to the 'Louisiana State Medical Society.' These updates ensure the legal statutes align with the current official names of these groups.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's applicability remains unchanged; it continues to govern the composition of the Mental Health Advocacy Service board.
DEFINITION
Updated the statutory names of two member organizations from 'Mental Health Association of Louisiana' and 'Louisiana Medical Society' to 'Louisiana Mental Health Association' and 'Louisiana State Medical Society' respectively.
TECHNICAL
Added enrollment signatures from the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and Governor to finalize the bill as Act No. 306.
Floor votes · Senate May 18, 2026 · House Mar 25, 2026
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
May 18, 2026
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican28
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 7, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (9-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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