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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 876 Makes Medical Providers Responsible for Up to 20% of Litigation Costs
Last action · March 9, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.Sponsor: Robert Carter
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What This Bill Proposed
Healthcare providers, hospitals, and ambulance services claiming medical liens on third-party injury recoveries are newly required to cover up to 20 percent of court-ordered litigation costs.
Changes financial liability for medical providers who place liens on personal injury settlements or judgments, requiring them to share in the legal expenses incurred to secure those recoveries.
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.
Healthcare providers, hospitals, and ambulance services
They become financially responsible for up to 20 percent of court-ordered litigation costs deducted from lien recoveries.
Injured persons
Their net recovery from third-party settlements or judgments may change as providers share in the burden of litigation expenses.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy30Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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