House Committee on Health and Welfare
May 29, 2013
9:00 am
Room 6

Adjourned		 
* Agenda Revised May 29, 2013, 11:08 am *
Revision Notes: Change in committee room from 5 to 6.

 		 



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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
 HCR139BARROWPRIVATIZATION - Directs certain state entities to report to the legislature concerning operation and management of state hospitals by private entities
 HCR140HUNTERPRIVATIZATION - Directs implementation of certain requirements for private contractors as conditions for privatizing the operation of any state hospital
 SCR25GALLOTHOSPITALS - Requests the LSU Board of Supervisors and the governor to keep the Huey P. Long Medical Center open and viable.
 SCR57MARTINYGOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS - Requests various state and local departments to take certain actions regarding the commercial construction and operation by Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast of a facility to provide abortions in Louisiana.
 SCR87HEITMEIERHEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to submit a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services designed to protect Medicaid and uninsured services being delivered and complement existing upper payment limit funding programs.
 SCR98JOHNSHEALTH CARE - Expresses support of and provides authority for actions by the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College for the strategic collaboration with the division of administration and the Department of Health and Hospitals in planning for a new model of health care delivery throughout the Lake Charles region.
 SCR101BODI WHITEHEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Requests the Department of Health and Hospitals to protect certain hospitals from the negative financial consequences of the closure of the Earl K. Long Medical Center by adequately compensating such hospitals for their increased burden of providing health care to the poor and uninsured residents of the greater Baton Rouge region.
 SCR108HEITMEIERHEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to submit a request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to extend Louisiana's Section 1115a demonstration waiver for the Greater New Orleans Community Health Connection and authorizes the governor and the secretary of the department to identify a source or sources for matching of non-federal funds required under the extended waiver.
 SB185MURRAYHEALTH CARE - Provides relative to Medicaid and certain managed health care organizations providing health care services to Medicaid beneficiaries. (1/1/14) (RR1 See Note)
 SB262BODI WHITEHEALTH CARE - Provides for the Louisiana Board of Emergency Medical Services. (7/1/13) (RE -$251,678 GF EX See Note)

OTHER BUSINESS
 Discussion of Louisiana's suicide rate and suicide prevention.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ADJOURNMENT