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HB 382 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

INSURANCE/GROUP-STATE: Provides relative to the authority of the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

HB 382 requires the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget to review and approve any adjustments to state insurance contracts exceeding $1 million before implementation. This applies to state agencies managing group insurance plans, ensuring changes affecting fiscal impact or rate structures over three years are vetted. The bill mandates that such contract amendments must include detailed fiscal analysis of benefits and rate changes, adding a layer of legislative oversight to significant insurance spending decisions. (Procedural bill; summary limited to 3 sentences as required.)
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesMandates fiscal analysis and legislative review for major insurance contract adjustments, strengthening budget oversight and fiscal responsibility.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 25, 2026 Signed May 29, 2026
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What changed between versions

HB382 Original → HB382 Act 431 · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill shifts the authority for reviewing and approving benefit plans and service contracts from oversight committees to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget (JLCB). Previously, oversight committees handled these approvals, but the new law requires the JLCB to manage this process for all relevant programs, removing the specific threshold-based review by other committees.
Scope change
The bill changes the scope of oversight by transferring responsibility from multiple oversight committees to a single committee (JLCB), affecting how benefit plans and service contracts are approved.
REQUIREMENT

Transfers the authority to review and approve new and annual benefit plans for the Office of Group Benefits from oversight committees to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.

Transfers the authority to review and approve professional, personal, and social services contracts from oversight committees to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.

Eliminates the requirement for oversight committees to review and approve contract adjustments of one million dollars or greater, as this function is now handled by the JLCB.

Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2026 · House Apr 7, 2026

How they voted

36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
May 20, 2026
D Democratic12
9 Yea 3
75% Yea
R Republican28
27 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 12, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 7, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (20-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
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Photo of Jack McFarland
Jack McFarland
RRepublican
LA
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