HB 562 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

FIRE PROTECT/FIRE DEPTS: Provides relative to costs for certain emergency services provided by fire departments, fire protection districts, and certain nonprofit corporations (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

HB 562 clarifies cost rules for fire departments providing vehicle extrication services after motor vehicle accidents. It requires these costs to be "reasonable" and align with FEMA-specified equipment and service rates, while prohibiting charges for items already covered in a department's regular budget. The bill specifies that costs may be billed to either the vehicle owner or the party responsible for the accident (via negligence), but not to the fire department itself. This policy affects fire departments, accident victims, and potentially insurance or liability claims, without changing existing fire protection services. The bill is pending further legislative steps after committee review.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Vetoed
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 4, 2025 Vetoed Jun 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB562 Enrolled HB562 Original · 6 edits
MODERATE
The bill was renumbered from 'Enrolled' to 'Original' and simplified the list of sponsors from multiple representatives to a single sponsor. The substantive policy text was significantly rewritten to clarify that fire departments can seek reimbursement for medical services from individuals or their personal health insurance, and for vehicle extraction costs from the at-fault party's auto insurance. The draft also added a new provision allowing fire departments to bill emergency service providers if they were requested to provide the services.
Scope change
The scope of reimbursement was clarified to explicitly include personal health insurance for medical costs and automobile insurance for extraction costs, and the applicability was expanded to allow billing emergency service providers under specific circumstances.
ELIGIBILITY

Added authority to seek reimbursement from an emergency service provider if the fire department provided services at their request.

Clarified that medical service costs can be recovered from the individual or their personal health insurance.

Clarified that automobile extraction costs can be recovered from the at-fault party's automobile insurance company.

Removed references to nonprofit corporations and volunteer fire departments as distinct entities seeking reimbursement, consolidating them under general fire department and district rules.

Removed the specific requirement that extraction costs must be based on FEMA-schedule values to be considered reasonable.

TECHNICAL

Changed the bill header from 'Enrolled' to 'Original' and reduced the number of listed sponsors from seven to one.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 8, 2025 · House May 21, 2025

How they voted

351
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
Jun 8, 2025
D Democratic11
11 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican26
24 Yea 1 Nay 1
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Jun 20, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor.
lower
Jun 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (13-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors

Sponsors