A Louisiana bill on beds and licensure, signed into law. Takes effect August 1, 2026.
What this means for a building owner
This covers every licensed nursing home in the state, plus every licensed hospital for the hospital part. No money changes hands here. The freeze on opening new nursing homes and adding beds now lasts until July 1, 2031. Starting January 1, 2027, homes would report each month their staffed licensed bed count, total occupancy broken out by who pays, and every refusal to admit an eligible patient with the reason. The state may require a set form or system for this. It was signed and takes effect August 1, 2026.
What the bill does
This law keeps the state's freeze on new nursing homes and new nursing home beds in place longer. The freeze had been set to end July 1, 2027, and now runs until July 1, 2031. It also starts monthly data collection from all licensed nursing homes and hospitals beginning January 1, 2027, with reports going to state lawmakers.
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Signed into law · in force since August 1, 2026
Louisiana has 265 certified nursing homes.
Official title Extends moratorium on nursing facilities (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
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What this affects
- Who pays, or is paid
- Whoever holds or wants a licence in Louisiana. Certificate-of-need and bed rules set what an existing licence is worth.
- Which buildings
- 265 facilities holding 32,214 licensed beds in Louisiana.
- The dollars, or the rule
- This law extends Louisiana's existing moratorium on new nursing facilities and additional beds, pushing its expiration from July 1, 2027 to July 1, 2031. It also requires the state health department to collect monthly data starting January 1, 2027 from hospitals (avoidable skilled nursing days) and from nursing…
- Effective
- August 1, 2026 (already in force).
- Status
- Signed into law, as of May 15, 2026.
Certificate-of-need and moratorium rules decide whether supply can grow, and that sets what an existing licence is worth.
Latest action, May 15, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.
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Bill text and status: legis.la.gov · retrieved August 3, 2026