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SB245

Provides relative to treatments for veterans. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Introduced·2/26/26
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Louisiana SB245 mandates the Louisiana Department of Health to create a plan to prevent veteran suicides.

Louisiana SB245 requires the Louisiana Department of Health, office of behavioral health to develop a comprehensive plan to prevent veteran suicides. This plan includes connecting veterans to ongoing, barrier-free care and utilizing non-traditional, high-impact interventions that can rapidly stabilize post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. The department must submit the plan to the legislature by January 1, 2027. Effective August 1, 2026.

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Health & Welfare Committee
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History

Mar 9

Senate

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

Feb 26

Senate

Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.