Agenda - Health and Welfare

Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
April 22, 2026 9:00 a.m. John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised April 21, 2026, 2:54 pm * Revision Notes: Added presentation, SCR 37, and HBs 199, 747, 907, & 962

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	Consider and approve the meeting minutes dated April 15, 2026.
BUSINESS
	Presentation on the C.A.R.E./Vimes child protection investigation tool for law enforcement and MDT partners
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SCR37	FESI	HEALTH CARE - Requests the surgeon general to develop a plan relative to informed consent for vaccinations.
		SB194	MIGUEZ	FUNDS/FUNDING - Requires the referral of applicants who fail citizenship or immigration verification to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (8/1/26) (OR SEE FISC NOTE)
		SB405	TALBOT	NURSING HOMES - Provides for the Nursing Home Choice Act. (8/1/26) (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
		SB434	FESI	HEALTH CARE - Provides relative to foods that contain vaccines. (8/1/26)
		SB483	REESE	PHARMACISTS - Provides relative to the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy. (gov sig)
		HB199	DUSTIN MILLER	NURSING HOMES - Extends moratorium on nursing facilities (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
		HB747	DUSTIN MILLER	BOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Provides relative to medical psychologists
		HB907	DUSTIN MILLER	HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS - Provides civil and criminal immunity for the distribution or use of Naloxone and other opioid antagonists beyond their shelf-life end date
		HB962	DUSTIN MILLER	NURSES - Provides relative to reconstitution of medications for intravenous therapy
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

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