SB 314 Louisiana Senate · 2026 Regular Session

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: Provides relative to community psychiatric support and treatment (CPST) services. (gov sig)

SB 314 allows certified social workers in Louisiana who have provided community psychiatric support and treatment (CPST) services for three years to extend their certification for that specific role. It applies to workers who meet all master's-level social work licensure requirements except for one specific provision (R.S. 37:2707(A)(3)), enabling them to petition for an extension to continue CPST work. The bill specifically includes a provision to renew certifications that expired in 2025, allowing affected workers to apply for the extension. This is a procedural change to certification rules, not a new service or funding measure.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Feb 27, 2026 Signed May 22, 2026

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MODERATE

This bill updates the rules for extending temporary social worker licenses and clarifies how school-based health centers operate. It allows temporary social workers whose licenses expired in 2025 to immediately renew them and apply for permanent limited-scope licenses. Additionally, it streamlines background checks for healthcare providers in schools and establishes strict prohibitions against abortion-related activities and contraceptive distribution in school health centers.

Scope change

The bill expands the eligibility for permanent limited-scope social worker licenses to include those whose temporary certifications expired in 2025, and it broadens the scope of school health center operations by removing redundant background check requirements for providers.

ELIGIBILITY

Certified social workers with temporary licenses expiring in 2025 can now have their certificates renewed immediately and petition for limited-scope licenses without waiting for the standard three-year cycle to end.

REQUIREMENT

Schools no longer require healthcare providers to undergo a new criminal background check if they have already passed one and are in good standing with their licensing board.

New rules prohibit school health centers from counseling or referring students for abortion and from distributing contraceptives or abortifacient drugs on school property.

Schools cannot stop a licensed healthcare provider from performing necessary medical evaluations or treatments, even if school administrators disagree with the medical necessity.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 8, 2026 · House May 11, 2026

How they voted

35–0

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 40

Apr 8, 2026

D Democratic12

12 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican28

23 Yea 5

82% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

May 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.

upper

May 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

lower

May 5, 2026

Introduced

Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

lower

Apr 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

lower

Apr 13, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

lower

Apr 8, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

Apr 1, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported with amendments.

upper

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor