Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
May 25, 2011
9:00 am
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised May 24, 2011, 1:21 pm *
Revision Notes:
ADDED: SCR 40, SCR 41 AND SCR 44 DELETED: SB 206
BLUE
= already considered.
RED
= currently being considered.
BLACK
= not yet considered.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SCR40
CHEEK
HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT
- Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Louisiana Ambulance Alliance to work in collaboration through the Emergency Medical Services Professional Working Group to meet certain goals and to report to the Senate and House committees on health and welfare by February 1, 2012.
SCR41
BROOME
HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT
- Requests that the Department of Health and Hospitals continue its reliance on the Medicaid Purchase Plan Advisory Council for program outreach, education, review, and guidance.
SCR44
MARTINY
WELFARE
- Requests the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court to create a Families in Need of Services Commission that will study and issue recommendations regarding the governance, structure, target population, and necessary legislation.
SB226
MOUNT
COUNSELING/GUIDANCE
- Consolidates the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists and the Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners into the Louisiana Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. (See Act)
HCR50
HARRISON
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
- Requests the secretaries of the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Department of Children and Family Services to study the consolidation of the two departments into one department and to present a plan for such consolidation and related information to the legislature
HCR53
HARRISON
MEDICAID
- Urges and requests the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Department of Education to study jointly the feasibility of utilizing Medicaid funds to fund more school nurse positions
HCR55
HARRISON
INSURANCE/GROUP-STATE
- Requests the Office of Group Benefits to conduct a study on the financial benefits of establishing a program to address the high rate of obesity in La.
HCR57
HARRISON
HEALTH
- Memorializes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to enforce testing of all imported seafood for compliance with federal regulations
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT