Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
May 14, 2014
9:00 a.m.
John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room

Adjourned		 



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CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
 May 7, 2014

LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
 SCR127MORRELLHEALTH CARE - Requests DHH to develop a plan for the creation of a demonstration program to coordinate and integrate the health care for an individual eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.
 SB429BUFFINGTONHEALTH CARE - Provides relative to the Health Education Authority of Louisiana. (8/1/14)
 SB577LONGNURSING HOMES - Provides for the Department of Health and Hospitals to create an upper payment limit for mechanism for publicly owned nursing homes. (gov sig)
 HCR99HARRISONPUBLIC HEALTH - Requests a study and recommendations by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners concerning over-prescribing of pain medication
 HB168HOFFMANNHEALTH/SMOKING - Prohibits outdoor smoking within 25 feet of certain exterior locations of state office buildings (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB404H.BURNSSUNSET LAW - Re-creates the Department of Veterans Affairs
 HB487A.WILLIAMSHEALTH CARE - Provides relative to criminal background checks of ambulance personnel
 HB691BROADWATERATHLETICS/TRAINERS - Provides relative to athletic trainers
 HB814JAMESMEDICAID - Extends right of Medicaid recovery in cases of third party liability for injury, illness, or death to Medicaid managed care organizations that provide covered services to Medicaid enrollees
 HB1058HARRISONHEALTH/DHH - Requires the Dept. of Health and Hospitals to provide information concerning Down syndrome to healthcare providers and on its website
 HB1062HOFFMANNSNAP/FOOD STAMPS - Provides for a task force to make recommendations concerning electronic issuance of SNAP benefits
 HB1065POPEOPTOMETRISTS - Provides relative to the practice of optometry and the regulation of such profession
 HB1074WHITNEYPHYSICIANS - Provides for a limited exemption to state licensure requirements for visiting physicians (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB1105HODGESCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Requires posting of the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline in outpatient abortion facilities
 HB1254SIMONHEALTH/MEDICAL TREATMENT - Provides relative to the right to treatment for a person with a terminal condition (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB1268MONTOUCETBOARDS/COMMISSIONS - Establishes a task force to study a prospective requirement for service by certain physicians on the State Medical Disability Board upon request of the Firefighters' Retirement System

CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

ADJOURNMENT