SB 470

SCHOOLS: Provides for a five-day school week for public schools with exceptions. (gov sig)

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides for consistent definition of "commercial sexual activity"". (8/1/26)"

CRIMINAL RECORDS: Requires district attorneys to submit sexual assault collection kits to the statewide tracking system. (8/1/26)

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Establishes minimum bond amounts for certain offenses. (8/1/26)

ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 1 in Pointe Coupee Parish as the "Ernest J. Gaines Memorial Highway"". (8/1/26) (EG +$1

SECONDARY EDUCATION: Provides for the Learn and Earn Act. (gov sig) (RE INCREASE LF EX See Note)

PAROLE: Provides relative to medical parole (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

HEALTH CARE/RECORDS: Provides for the use of certain medical terminology in medical documentation (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides for the adoption of a medical fee reimbursement schedule for workers' compensation (EG +$100,000 SD EX See Note)

INSURANCE/GROUP-SHERIFFS: Provides relative to premium costs of group hospital and health insurance for retired sheriffs and retired deputy sheriffs in DeSoto Parish

BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Provides relative to medical psychologists

WORKERS COMPENSATION: Provides relative to penalties and attorney fees for nonpayment, discontinuance of payment, or failure to consent for a medical treatment for workers' compensation claims, controversion of benefits, and preliminary determination hearings

Creating the crime of conspiracy to deny medical treatment to victim of sexual offense

Revise the practice of certified registered nurse anesthetists

Health occupations: physicians; interstate medical licensure compact; update

An Act relating to the rural health transformation program; relating to physician assistants; relating to collaborative agreements between physicians and physician assistants; relating to the interstate medical licensure compact; relating to the PA licensure compact; relating to the practice of medicine; relating to the psychology interjurisdictional compact; relating to health care providers; relating to the recognition of EMS personnel licensure interstate compact; relating to provisions regarding physician assistants in contracts between certain health care providers and health care insurers; and establishing the Rural Health Transformation Program Advisory Council.

Public Health - Abortion (Heartbeat Bill)

Establish narrow, clearly bounded guaranteed-issue rights for Medicare Supplement policies in West Virginia.