HB 478 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

HEALTH/SCHOOL CLINICS: Requires certain information about pregnancy, adoption, and neonatal care to be posted and distributed at school health centers in public high schools and student health centers on public postsecondary education institution campuses (EG +$270,936 GF EX See Note)

HB 478 requires public high school health centers and public postsecondary student health centers to post and distribute specific information. This information must pertain to pregnancy, adoption, and neonatal care. The bill aims to ensure students have access to resources on these topics within their school health facilities. This act is also known as the "Signs of Hope Act."

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Apr 4, 2025 Last action Apr 30, 2025

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HB478 Original → HB478 Engrossed · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was renumbered from 'Original' to 'Engrossed' to reflect its final version. Substantive changes include the addition of a new requirement for school health centers to display specific pregnancy awareness signs with a link to departmental resources, alongside existing requirements for distributing informational booklets to patients.

Scope change

The scope of the bill was expanded to include a mandatory signage requirement for school health centers, in addition to the existing requirement for distributing informational booklets.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new mandate requiring school health centers in public high schools to display specific pregnancy awareness signs provided by the Louisiana Department of Health.

Added a requirement that the signs must include a link to the department's pregnancy information website.

Added specifications that the signs must be durable, at least 16x20 inches, and feature large, easily readable font with color graphics.

Added a new subsection requiring the department to post instructions on how patients can request the informational booklets online.

Modified the distribution of booklets by removing the specific instruction for staff to offer them to patients in consultation rooms and replacing it with a general requirement for the department to post request instructions online.

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Committee

Apr 30, 2025

Committee

Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

lower

Apr 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported with amendments (11-0).

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

lower

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors