Agenda - Health and Welfare

House Committee on Health and Welfare
April 1, 2026 9:00 a.m. Room 5
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
	HB288	BOYER	HEALTH CARE/RECORDS - Provides for the use of certain medical terminology in medical documentation (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
	HB403	COATES	SMALL BUSINESS - Provides for the production of homemade food for sale to the public
	HB420	BERAULT	CHILDREN/DCFS - Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to obtain background checks on all employees (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
	HB783	COATES	HEALTH/LDH - Provides relative to the regulation of food and food safety
	HB815	CARVER	VITAL RECORDS/DEATH CERT - Provides with respect to which entities are entitled to receive death certificates
	HB915	DICKERSON	MEDICAID - Provides with respect to utilization management practices (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
	HB927	MCMAHEN	MEDICAID - Provides relative to the Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee
	HB933	CHARLES OWEN	RECORDS/RECORDATION - Provides for commemorative birth certificates (OR +$125,000 SG RV See Note)
	HB944	HILFERTY	HEALTH SERVICES - Creates the Louisiana Women's Health Consortium (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
	HB962	DUSTIN MILLER	NURSES - Provides relative to reconstitution of medications for intravenous therapy
	HB971	STAGNI	MEDICAID - Provides relative to Medicaid reimbursement for rural health clinics (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
	HR74	DUSTIN MILLER	HEALTH/CHILDREN - Urges and requests the state Department of Education and local public school governing authorities to report to the House Committee on Health and Welfare relative to accommodating students with seizure disorders
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS

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