Agenda - Health and Welfare

House Committee on Health and Welfare
April 15, 2026 9:00 a.m. Room 5
Adjourned

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
	HB414	CHENEVERT	HEALTH - Provides for prohibitions on hiring individuals with certain criminal convictions
	HB786	EGAN	MEDICAID MANAGED CARE - Prohibits certain processes used in healthcare provider claim payments
	HB1041	GALLE	HEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT - Prohibits certain entities from prohibiting access based on a person's medical intervention status
	HB1052	SPELL	CHILDRENS CODE - Provides relative to confidentiality policies and procedures pertaining to work product created, received, or maintained by child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary investigative teams
	HB1118	FISHER	HEALTH CARE - Requires disclosure of certain agreements between a hospital and a real estate investment trust
	HB1139	FISHER	MENTAL HEALTH - Requires certain behavioral health services for patients receiving treatment pursuant to an emergency certificate
	HB1182	EGAN	OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS - Provides relative to the rules governing Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants
	HB1185	DUSTIN MILLER	MEDICAID - Provides for other rural hospital reimbursement payments and directed payments (OR +$6,691,832 GF EX See Note)
	HB1214	DUSTIN MILLER	HEALTH/LDH - Establishes the office of state health care facilities within the La. Dept. of Health and provides for the administration of certain state healthcare facilities
	HB1217	ECHOLS	HEALTH - Provides with respect to pharmacy benefit managers
	HB1231	BERAULT	MEDICAID MANAGED CARE - Provides relative to Medicaid coverage for pregnant women (OR +$332,651 GF EX See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS

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