Louisiana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Louisiana HCR44: HEALTH/CANCER: Urges the Louisiana State University School of Public Health to change the recommended age for breast cancer scr
Status: Passed both chambers, June 11, 2025
HEALTH/CANCER: Urges the Louisiana State University School of Public Health to change the recommended age for breast cancer screening
What the bill says
A concurrent resolution To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to change the recommended age for breast cancer screening for beginning of mammograms to thirty years old.
From the introduced text:
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to change the recommended age for breast cancer screening for beginning of mammograms to thirty years old. WHEREAS, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in Louisiana, ranking fourth in the nation for female breast cancer death rate; and WHEREAS, there were six hundred seventy-eight breast cancer deaths in 2024 in Louisiana; and WHEREAS, female breast cancer was the most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in Louisiana women from 2010 to 2014; and WHEREAS, between 2010 and 2014, the average annual incidence rate of female breast cancer in Louisiana ranked twenty-ninth in the nation and the mortality rate was the second highest in the United States; and WHEREAS, Louisiana averaged one hundred thirty cases of breast cancer per one hundred thousand people, including all stages from 2017 to 2021; and WHEREAS, the original recommended age for breast cancer screening was forty years old and continuing through seventy-four years old; and WHEREAS, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) states early screening and testing are associated with improved survival outcomes; and WHEREAS, early detection significantly improves survival rates, with rates close to one hundred percent when breast cancer is caught early; and Page 1 …
Sponsors
- Boyd, Delisha (D, 102) · primary sponsor
- Adams, Roy (D, 62)
- Bayham Jr., Michael (R, 103)
- Berault, Stephanie (R, 76)
- Boyer, Chad (R, 46)
- Brass, Ken (D, 58)
- Braud, Jacob (R, 105)
- Chad Brown (D)
- Bryant, Marcus (D, 96)
- Butler, Rhonda (R, 38)
- Carter, Robby (D, 72)
- Chassion, Tehmi (D, 44)
Latest actions
- : Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
- : Received from the Senate without amendments.
- : Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- : Signed by the President of the Senate.
- : Read by title and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered returned to the House.
- : Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- : Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- : Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- : Read by title, amended, roll called on final consideration, yeas 99, nays 2. The resolution was adopted and ordered to the Senate.
- : Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
Votes
- Senate Vote on HCR 44, CONCUR (#916) (June 10, 2025): 37 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Vote on HCR 44, CO-AUTHORS (#917) (June 10, 2025): 19 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Vote on HCR 44, FINAL CONSIDERATION (#611) (May 27, 2025): 99 yea, 2 nay, passed
- House Vote on HCR 44, AMENDMENT # 3471 BY CREWS, MOTION TO ADOPT (#610) (May 27, 2025): 24 yea, 71 nay, failed
Common questions
- What is HCR44?
- HCR44 is a bill in the Louisiana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): HEALTH/CANCER: Urges the Louisiana State University School of Public Health to change the recommended age for breast cancer scr.
- What does HCR44 do?
- In its own words: A concurrent resolution To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to change the recommended age for breast cancer screening for beginning of mammograms to thirty years old.
- What is the status of HCR44?
- Passed both chambers as of June 11, 2025. Latest action: Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House. (June 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored HCR44?
- Boyd, Delisha (D, 102), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HCR44?
- On the Louisiana Legislature website: https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=25RS&b=HCR44
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