Calls to Action: Senate Floor Votes and Bills in Committee, HB408 and SB14
Quick action, big impact — email your representative now!
Friends, we have added a bill to our 2025 Legislative Agenda!
HB408 by Rep. Kellee Dickerson will require insurance companies to cover treatment of PANS/PANDAS.
PANS (Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome) and PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections) are serious medical conditions where an infection or immune dysfunction triggers sudden, severe psychiatric symptoms in children — including anxiety, OCD, tics, and cognitive decline. Early and aggressive treatment, including antibiotics, immunotherapy, and supportive therapies, can dramatically improve outcomes. Yet many insurance companies refuse to cover these necessary treatments, leaving families to shoulder crushing medical bills or forcing children to go without care. Ensuring insurance coverage for PANS/PANDAS treatment is critical to protecting children’s health, restoring their futures, and lifting an unjust burden off families.
Children are suffering. Families are going broke. Recovery is possible — but only if treatment is accessible.
If you are able to attend and submit a green card in support, the Committee on Insurance meets Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Committee Room 3 at 9:00 a.m.
Send a message of support to the committee and your state representative.
*If your family has been affected by PANS/PANDAS, please send a personal email to the committee, explaining how insurance overage would have helped your situation.
Email: h-ins@legis.la.gov, hse022@legis.la.gov, brownc@legis.la.gov, bagleyl@legis.la.gov, hse005@legis.la.gov, hse105@legis.la.gov, hse098@legis.la.gov, hse104@legis.la.gov, hse090@legis.la.gov, hse083@legis.la.gov, hse031@legis.la.gov, hse042@legis.la.gov, hse078@legis.la.gov, hse027@legis.la.gov, jordane@legis.la.gov, hse091@legis.la.gov, hse023@legis.la.gov, hsw003@legis.la.gov, hse071@legis.la.gov, hse097@legis.la.gov, devillierp@legis.la.gov
Subject line: Personal Message Re: HB408, PANS/PANDAS
Two important bills are scheduled to receive a vote on Monday, April 28th!
Protect our skies and our health — contact your state senator today and urge them to support SB46 by Senator Mike Fesi as it goes before the full senate for a floor vote on Monday, April 28th!
SB117 by Senator Blake Miguez will make sure that taxpayer dollars will fund clean, minimally processed school lunches—not products that contribute to disease. This bill will receive a vote before the full senate on Monday, April 28th! Contact your state senator and ask that they vote YES on SB117!
Senator Patrick McMath’s SB14 would ban ultra-processed foods in schools, require clear ingredient labels, promotes nutrition education for healthcare providers, and make healthy eating a priority in healthcare and restaurants.
Let’s protect our kids and our communities — support SB14 and demand real food for a healthier future! 🌱
SB14 will be heard in Senate Health and Welfare on Wednesday, April 30th! If you can attend and submit a green card in support, meet at 9:30 a.m. in the John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room.
Send a message of support for SB14 to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee and your state senator today!
These bills are essential to making a healthier Louisiana - thank you for taking action on these important issues. But then again, health freedom advocates have been engaged on these issues for quite a while - before it was cool. 😉
Our advocacy is only possible with your help! THANK YOU!!