SB 195: HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to the administration of medications. (8/1/26) - Louisiana

SB195 Original → SB195 Act · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill updates the Louisiana Emergency Medical Services Commission's authority to create protocols allowing EMS providers to administer patient-carried, time-critical medications. It expands the list of sponsors from a single senator to a bipartisan group of legislators and formally enacts the section into the state code. The core policy remains focused on enabling care for patients with rare diseases, chronic illnesses, and special medical needs at their request.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's applicability remains unchanged; it still applies to licensed emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians, and paramedics acting under established protocols.

TECHNICAL

The bill's header was updated from 'Original' to 'Enrolled' and the sponsor list was expanded from Senator Myers alone to include Representatives Berault, Chassion, Dickerson, Egan, Fisher, Mandie Landry, McMahan, Spell, and Stagni.

The legislative text was corrected to change the citation from R.S. 40:1133.4(A)(9) to R.S. 40:1133.4(A)(2) to accurately reflect the commission's existing powers before adding the new subsection.

REQUIREMENT

The bill formally enacts R.S. 40:1133.19, codifying the authority for EMS practitioners to administer patient-carried, time-critical prescription medications to patients with rare diseases, chronic illnesses, and special medical needs at their request.

The enacted section explicitly limits administered medications to intranasal, intravenous, and intramuscular routes and maintains immunity from civil liability, criminal prosecution, and disciplinary action unless gross negligence or willful misconduct occurs.

SB195 Enrolled → SB195 Original · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was converted from an enrolled version to an original draft, changing the sponsor from a group of legislators to a single senator. The core policy content regarding emergency medical protocols remains the same, but the text was updated to reflect the new sponsorship and formatting standards for the original bill.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it still authorizes EMS practitioners to administer patient-carried medication for specific medical conditions.

TECHNICAL

The bill sponsor was changed from a multi-member group (Senator Myers and Representatives Berault, Chassion, Dickerson, Egan, Fisher, Mandie Landry, McMahan, Spell, and Stagni) to a single sponsor (Senator Myers).

The bill title was shortened from 'AN ACT To amend and reenact...' to 'AN ACT To enact...', removing references to amending existing statutes and focusing on the new enactment.

The effective date was updated from an unspecified date to August 1, 2026, and the bill number was updated to SLS 26RS-206.

Formatting and header information were adjusted to match the standard layout for an original legislative bill rather than an enrolled final version.

SB195 Reengrossed → SB195 Enrolled · 3 edits · May 12, 2026

MINOR

The bill was finalized as an enrolled version, adding the names of additional co-sponsors from both the Senate and House. The core policy text regarding EMS authority to administer patient-carried medication remains substantively unchanged, though the page count was reduced from three to two by removing the Senate-specific digest and floor amendment history.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it still authorizes licensed EMS practitioners to administer specific medications to patients with rare diseases or chronic illnesses under medical director protocols.

TECHNICAL

Added the names of Representatives Berault, Chassion, Dickerson, Egan, Fisher, Mandie Landry, McMahan, Spell, and Stagni as co-sponsors to the bill.

Removed the Senate Legislative Services digest, summary of floor amendments, and amendment history that explained the bill's changes during the legislative process.

Changed the document header from 'REENGROSSED' to 'ENROLLED' and reduced the page count from 3 to 2 by stripping out explanatory legislative history.

SB195 Engrossed → SB195 Reengrossed · 3 edits · May 11, 2026

MINOR

The bill was reengrossed to shift the authority for administering emergency medications from the state Emergency Medical Services Commission to the individual EMS practitioner's medical director. This change clarifies that the Commission must include this authority in its practice standards, but the actual protocols and oversight are now handled by the treating physician, aligning the process with direct clinical supervision.

Scope change

The scope of authority changed from a centralized commission-level protocol to a decentralized model where each EMS practitioner's medical director approves the specific requirements for administering patient-carried medications.

REQUIREMENT

The responsibility to establish protocols for administering patient-carried, time-critical medications was moved from the Louisiana Emergency Medical Services Commission to the individual EMS practitioner's EMS medical director.

The Commission's duty was updated to include the authority for EMS practitioners to administer these medications within the requirements and standards of practice they submit to the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services.

DEFINITION

The specific section of the Emergency Medical Services Act being amended was changed from subsection (A)(9) to subsection (A)(2), reflecting the shift in how the commission's powers are structured.

HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to the administration of medications. (8/1/26)

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