Agenda - Health and Welfare

Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
May 22, 2013 9:30 am John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised May 21, 2013, 4:44 pm * Revision Notes: ADDED: SCR 98, SCR 108, AND HCR 122

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	May 15, 2013
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SCR98	JOHNS	HEALTH CARE - Expresses support of and provides authority for actions by the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College for the strategic collaboration with the division of administration and the Department of Health and Hospitals in planning for a new model of health care delivery throughout the Lake Charles region.
		SCR108	HEITMEIER	HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to submit a request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to extend Louisiana's Section 1115a demonstration waiver for the Greater New Orleans Community Health Connection and authorizes the governor and the secretary of the department to identify a source or sources for matching of non-federal funds required under the extended waiver.
		HCR66	SCHRODER	CHILDREN - Continues the Task Force on Legal Representation in Child Protection Cases
		HCR75	BARROW	HEALTH/DHH - Requires transparency in Medicaid managed care programs operated by DHH
		HCR122	MONTOUCET	MEDICAID - Directs DHH to submit a Section 1115 demonstration waiver application in order to utilize certain funding for the Medicaid program (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		HCR133	SCHRODER	MENTAL HEALTH - Requests that the Dept. of Health and Hospitals, Dept. of Children and Family Services, and State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education study jointly the coordination of mental health and counseling resources for students
		HB111	HOFFMANN	HEALTH/SMOKING - Prohibits outdoor smoking within 25 feet of certain exterior locations of state buildings
		HB173	HAZEL	CHILDREN - Amends Louisiana's safe haven law to provide that a child 60 days old or younger may be relinquished to a designated emergency care facility
		HB273	LORUSSO	BOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to reports, records, and adjudicatory functions of the La. State Board of Medical Examiners
		HB322	THIERRY	CHILDREN/NEWBORNS - Requires birthing facilities to perform pulse oximetric screening for certain heart defects on each newborn in the care of those facilities
		HB337	LORUSSO	HEALTH/DHH - Provides for retail food establishment permit fees (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)
		HB375	HOFFMANN	EXCEP PERSON/DISABLED - Provides for the EarlySteps childhood disability intervention program and authorizes a fee schedule known as cost participation for services of the program (RE +$1,197,640 SG RV See Note)
		HB392	BISHOP	MEDICAID - Provides relative to continuity of care for newborns enrolled in Medicaid managed care (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
		HB393	ANDERS	MEDICAID - Provides relative to prescription drug benefits of certain managed care organizations participating in the La. Medicaid coordinated care network program (RE1 INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		HB572	W.BISHOP	CHILDREN/SUPPORT - Provides relative to the Fatherhood First Initiative (RE +$49,900 FF EX See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT