Agenda - Health and Welfare

Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
April 17, 2024 9:30 a.m. John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised April 16, 2024, 8:44 am * Revision Notes: Removed SB 112 and Added SB159, HB192, HB592

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	March 27, 2024
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SCR17	MCMATH	MEDICAID - Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to increase eligibility requirements for the Medicaid Purchase Plan.
		SCR23	BARROW	HEALTH DEPARTMENT - To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to study behavioral health demand and access.
		SB135	DUPLESSIS	MEDICAID - Requires the Department of Health to amend the Medicaid state plan to include certain additional pregnancy and postpartum coverage. (7/1/25) (EG +$7,769,540 GF EX See Note)
		SB142	BARROW	MEDICAID - Requires doula services to be covered by Medicaid. (8/1/24) (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		SB143	BARROW	HEALTH CARE - Provides for hypertension screening. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
		SB148	MIZELL	HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE - Provides relative to postpartum depression. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
		SB151	GARY CARTER	HEALTH CARE - Provides relative to free-standing birth centers. (8/1/24)
		SB158	ROBERT OWEN	PHARMACEUTICALS - Provides relative to marijuana for therapeutic use. (gov sig)
		SB159	CATHEY	VETERANS - Creates the Preserving Lawful Utilization of Services for Veterans Act. (gov sig)
		SB187	BOUDREAUX	MEDICAID - Creates a pilot program for Medicaid recipients to utilize portable oxygen concentrators. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		SB190	BOUDREAUX	MEDICAID - Provides for Medicaid reimbursement rate increases. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
		SB312	EDMONDS	CHILDREN - Provides for the Adoption Awareness Act. (8/1/24) (EN +$334,379 FF EX See Note)
		SB380	FESI	NURSING HOMES - Provides for certain nursing facilities within the South Lafourche Levee District. (8/1/24)
		SB414	BASS	CHILDREN - Authorizes the installation and use of newborn safety devices at infant relinquishment sites designated in the Safe Haven Law. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
		SB455	BARROW	HEALTH SERVICES - Restricts the location of certain psychiatric facilities. (gov sig)
		SB463	WHEAT	DENTAL HEALTH - Creates the Louisiana Dental Loss Ratios for Dental Healthcare Services Plans Act. (1/1/25) (EN +$38,500 SG EX See Note)
		HB192	DUSTIN MILLER	SUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Louisiana Department of Health
		HB592	DUSTIN MILLER	HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS - Provides relative to workplace violence in healthcare settings
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT

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