House Committee on Health and Welfare
April 17, 2013
1:00 pm
Room 5
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HB120
PUGH
NURSES
- Authorizes the La. State Board of Nursing and the La. State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners to accept certain accreditations for nurses
HB251
TALBOT
MEDICAID
- Requires DHH to institute Medicaid cost containment measures to the extent allowed by federal regulations (OR DECREASE GF EX See Note)
HB284
ORTEGO
HEALTH SERVICES
- Transfers governance and control of state hospitals from LSU to human services districts and authorities of the state and provides for delivery and financing of health services by such districts and authorities (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
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
HB451
BARROW
HOSPITALS
- Requires hospitals to offer pertussis (whooping cough) vaccinations to parents of newborns
HB527
HOFFMANN
OPTOMETRISTS
- Provides relative to the practice of optometry and the regulation of such profession (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
HB602
ORTEGO
VITAL STATS/BIRTH CERT
- Requires La. birth certificate forms to be produced in bilingual (English and La. French) format (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT