Louisiana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Louisiana SB70: HEALTH SERVICES: Provides relative to remote patient monitoring services. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Status: Chaptered, June 11, 2025
What the bill says
An act To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1227.5, relative to remote patient monitoring services; to provide for qualifications for a patient to participate in remote patient monitoring services; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1227.5, relative to remote patient monitoring services; to provide for qualifications for a patient to participate in remote patient monitoring services; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: Section 1. R.S. 40:1227.5 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: §1227.5. Qualifications for patients To qualify for participation in remote patient monitoring services, a patient shall meet any two have a recommendation from the patient's healthcare provider for disease management services through remote patient monitoring and shall meet one of the following criteria: (1) Be Has been diagnosed with one or more chronic conditions, as defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which include but are including but not limited to sickle cell disease, mental illness, asthma, diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. (2) Have Has a recent history of costly service use due to one or more chronic conditions as evidenced by two or more hospitalizations, including Page 1 of Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SLS 25RS-287 ORIGINAL SB NO. emergency room visits, in the last twelve months. (3)Have a recommendation from the patient's healthcare provider for disease management services through remote patient …
Sponsors
- Myers, Brach (R, 23) · primary sponsor
- Miller, Gregory (R, 19)
- Berault, Stephanie (R, 76)
- Butler, Rhonda (R, 38)
- Chassion, Tehmi (D, 44)
- Dickerson, Kellee (R, 64)
- Egan Sr., Peter (R, 74)
- Fisher, Adrian (D, 16)
- Jason Hughes (D)
- Landry, Mandie (D, 91)
- McMahen, Wayne (R, 10)
- Joseph Stagni (R, 92)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 322.
- : Effective date 6/11/2025.
- : Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
- : Received from the House without amendments.
- : Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- : Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- : Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
- : Scheduled for floor debate on 06/03/2025.
- : Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
- : Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
Votes
- House Vote on SB 70, FINAL PASSAGE (#833) (June 3, 2025): 96 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Vote on SB 70, FINAL PASSAGE (#187) (May 7, 2025): 36 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB70?
- SB70 is a bill in the Louisiana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): HEALTH SERVICES: Provides relative to remote patient monitoring services. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note).
- What does SB70 do?
- In its own words: An act To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1227.5, relative to remote patient monitoring services; to provide for qualifications for a patient to participate in remote patient monitoring services; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
- What is the status of SB70?
- Chaptered as of June 11, 2025. Latest action: Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 322. (June 11, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB70?
- Myers, Brach (R, 23), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB70?
- On the Louisiana Legislature website: https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=25RS&b=SB70
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