Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
May 10, 2023
10:00 a.m
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
May 03, 2023 Meeting
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SCR32
PRICE
HEALTH CARE
- Creates the Task Force on Alopecia Awareness.
HB133
TURNER
PRESCRIPTION
- Provides relative to the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Council
HB291
CHARLES OWEN
HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES
- Provides for visitation policies at certain healthcare facilities and requires that such policies allow for in-person visitation (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
HB320
TURNER
NURSES
- Provides relative to nursing education
HB435
FREEMAN
MEDICAID
- Provides relative to medicaid coverage of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB541
WHEAT
HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES
- Designates a portion of law as the "Lane Allen Gottschalck Law"
HB548
TURNER
DRUGS/PRESCRIPTION
- Provides relative to the 340B drug pricing program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
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