Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
April 6, 2022
10:00 a.m.
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
June 2, 2021
March 16, 2022
March 23, 2022
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SB32
FRED MILLS
PHARMACISTS
- Provides relative to pharmacy audits. (8/1/22) (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
SB40
MCMATH
CHILDREN
- Provides relative to protections for foster children. (gov sig)
SB59
FRED MILLS
MEDICAID
- Provides relative to prepayment reviews conducted by Medicaid managed care organizations. (8/1/22)
SB82
FRED MILLS
MEDICAID
- Provides relative to Medicaid reimbursement for pharmacy services. (8/1/22) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB83
FRED MILLS
MEDICAID
- Creates the Council on Medicaid Pharmacy Reimbursement. (8/1/22) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
SB98
HEWITT
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
- Provides relative to the Louisiana Commission for the Deaf. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
SB257
FRED MILLS
MEDICAID
- Provides relative to Medicaid coverage for continuous glucose monitors. (8/1/22)
SB268
MIZELL
HEALTH CARE
- Provides relative to opioid treatment programs for pregnant women. (1/1/23)
SB296
BARROW
MEDICAID
- Provides relative to reimbursement for pharmacist clinical services in Louisiana's Medicaid program. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB298
BARROW
MEDICAID
- Requires the Louisiana Department of Health to annually review medications, forms of treatment, and services for care of Medicaid enrollees with sickle cell disease. (8/1/22)
SB328
FRED MILLS
OPTOMETRY
- Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners. (8/1/22)
SB329
FRED MILLS
PHARMACISTS
- Provides relative to statewide protocols for pharmacists. (8/1/22)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT
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