HEALTH/LDH: Provides relative to fees charged by the Louisiana Department of Health in parish health units
HB 655 establishes maximum fees for specific services at Louisiana parish health units. It caps childhood vaccination fees at $50 per visit, international immunization fees at $50 plus vaccine costs, and clinic/pharmacy services at $25 each (with a $50 total per visit limit). The bill requires the Louisiana Department of Health to publish and post current fee schedules online and in clinics. These changes directly affect patients receiving vaccinations, travel immunizations, or clinic/pharmacy services at parish health units.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 23, 2025
Signed Jun 16, 2025
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MODERATE
This bill updates the maximum fees the Louisiana Department of Health can charge patients at parish health units. It increases the cap for childhood vaccination visits from $10 to $50 and raises the cap for international travel immunizations from $25 to $50, while also adjusting general clinic and pharmacy service copayments to align with these new limits.
Scope change
The scope of the fee caps was expanded to allow significantly higher charges for specific services, particularly international immunizations and childhood vaccinations, compared to the previous lower limits.
FISCAL
Increased the maximum fee for childhood vaccination visits from $10 to $50 per clinic visit.
Increased the maximum fee for administering international immunizations for foreign travel from $25 to $50 per clinic visit.
Adjusted general clinic service and pharmacy service copayment caps to a maximum total of $50 per clinic visit, up from $10.
TECHNICAL
Removed the 'Digest' section and original bill header metadata, which are informational summaries rather than parts of the law itself.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 3, 2025 · House May 14, 2025
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
Jun 3, 2025
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Jun 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 29, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 1. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (12-0).
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
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