Agenda - Health and Welfare

Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
April 15, 2014 1:00 pm John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised April 14, 2014, 4:14 pm * Revision Notes: Added HB746

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	April 8, 2014
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SCR62	FRED MILLS	MEDICAID - Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to seek a Medicaid state plan amendment from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to include as a Medicaid service the Tdap vaccine to pregnant women and to provide a cost analysis to the legislature for providing this Medicaid service.
		SB341	DONAHUE	SANITARY CODE - Provides rules requiring modification of certain existing community water systems by the Louisiana Standards for Water Works Construction, Operation and Maintenance Committee. (gov sig)
		SB497	HEITMEIER	HEALTH CARE - Provides for the payment of health care services. (8/1/14)
		SB501	HEITMEIER	HEALTH CARE - Provides for telemedicine. (gov sig)
		SB516	BUFFINGTON	HEALTH CARE - Provides for direct primary care. (8/1/14)
		SB539	NEVERS	MENTAL HEALTH - Provides relative to suicide assessment, intervention, treatment, and management training for certain professions. (8/1/14) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
		SB545	FRED MILLS	HEALTH CARE - Provides relative to third party initiated medication substitutions. (1/1/15)
		SB619	HEITMEIER	HEALTH SERVICES - Transfers the powers, duties, and functions relative to regulating pain management clinics from the Department of Health and Hospitals to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. (1/1/15)
		SB621	J.AMEDEE	HEALTH CARE - Provides for compensation for home and community-based health care services. (8/1/14)
		HCR20	LEGER	SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes No-Shave November in Louisiana, an effort to raise awareness of men's health issues
		HB63	LEGER	EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS - Revises terminology referring to persons with disabilities and other persons with exceptionalities (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
		HB513	CAMERON HENRY	EXCEP PERSON/DISABLED - Requires the Department of Health and Hospitals to provide information concerning velocardiofacial syndrome and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
		HB736	JAMES	BOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Commission on HIV, AIDS, and Hepatitis C
		HB746	MORENO	TANNING FACILITIES - Prohibits the use of tanning equipment by a minor
		HB833	FOIL	EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS - Creates the ABLE Account savings program for persons with disabilities (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
		HB891	STOKES	HEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT - Authorizes access to investigational treatments for terminally ill patients
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT