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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana requires state agencies to adjust public assistance and food stamps when a child's household changes
Last action · May 5, 2026: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Sponsor: Beryl Amedée
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 689 requires the Department of Children and Family Services to notify the Louisiana Department of Health within three business days of certain child custody hearings or when a child under eighteen returns to a parent, prompting the health department to review and adjust public assistance benefits such as , , and .
- The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services administers public assistance programs and child welfare services. context
- The Louisiana Department of Health oversees public health programs, Medicaid, and related assistance eligibility. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
public assistance beneficiaries
Benefit allotments for SNAP, WIC, or FITAP may be adjusted immediately when a child enters or leaves the household.
Department of Children and Family Services
The agency is required to report child custody and household changes to the Louisiana Department of Health within a three-day window.
Louisiana Department of Health
The agency must review parent benefit statuses, adjust program allotments, issue new Medicaid cards, and conduct residency assessments.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
12 actions- May 5, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- May 4, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 29, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, returned to the calendar.
- Apr 29, 2026HouseCalled from the calendar.
- Apr 29, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 27, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
Show 6 earlier actions
- Apr 27, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseReported with amendments (8-4).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
Version history
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Inter-Agency Child Welfare Reporting Mandate
Establishes a strict three-business-day timeline for data sharing between the Department of Children and Family Services and the Louisiana Department of Health to synchronize public assistance benefits with actual child custody.
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Sources
www.legis.la.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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