Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
May 15, 2013
9:30 am
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised May 14, 2013, 3:02 pm *
Revision Notes:
REMOVED: SCR 57 AND HCR 20 ADDED: SCR 87
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
May 7, 2013
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SCR87
HEITMEIER
HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT
- Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to submit a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services designed to protect Medicaid and uninsured services being delivered and complement existing upper payment limit funding programs.
HCR15
H.BURNS
HEALTH/DHH
- Requests a study of the most effective means by which to reduce Louisiana's rate of suicide
HCR17
H.BURNS
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH
- Recognizes July 2013 as "Swimming Pool Safety Month" in honor of Aubrie and Angel Castine-Smith
HB241
WILLMOTT
MEDICATION ATTENDANTS
- Expands the applicability of the medication attendant provisions to the office of aging and adult services
HB273
LORUSSO
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS
- Provides relative to reports, records, and adjudicatory functions of the La. State Board of Medical Examiners
HB355
LEBAS
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
- Provides relative to access to state prescription monitoring program information
HB390
LEBAS
PHARMACISTS
- Clarifies definition relative to colleges of pharmacy
HB391
LEBAS
PHARMACISTS
- Clarifies powers and duties of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy relative to nonresident pharmacists
HB451
BARROW
HOSPITALS
- Requires hospitals to offer pertussis (whooping cough) vaccinations to parents of newborns
HB525
LANCE HARRIS
TANF
- Revises provisions relative to aid to needy families and employment services for TANF cash assistance recipients (RE NO IMPACT FF EX See Note)
HB557
WILLMOTT
CHILDREN/ABUSE
- Requires training be made available for mandatory reporters
HB582
SIMON
EXCEP PERSON/DISABLED
- Provides relative to parking spaces for certain disabled persons
HB674
LEBAS
PHARMACISTS
- Provides relative to pharmacy-generated drugs
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT