House Committee on Health and Welfare
April 13, 2016
10:00 a.m.
Room 5
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HB174
HOFFMANN
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS
- Provides for the method of collection of the pharmacy education support fee by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy
HB283
EMERSON
CHILDREN/NEWBORNS
- Requires screening of newborns for Krabbe disease (EN +$798,907 GF EX See Note)
HB487
ROBERT JOHNSON
MEDICAID
- Provides relative to reimbursements by Medicaid managed care organizations for prescription drugs (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB531
FALCONER
DRUGS/PRESCRIPTION
- Provides for access to prescription monitoring information by specialty courts
HB570
SCHRODER
HEALTH SERVICES
- Provides relative to the practice of telemedicine
HB579
ROBERT JOHNSON
DIETITIANS
- Provides relative to the delivery of nutrition services
HB595
ROBERT JOHNSON
DIETITIANS
- Provides relative to the delivery of nutrition services through telehealth
HB642
ROBERT JOHNSON
DIETITIANS
- Provides relative to the Louisiana State Board of Examiners in Dietetics and Nutrition
HB732
ABRAMSON
HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES
- Requires all private and public facilities to report psychiatric inpatient and crisis stabilization beds at least once daily (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
HB918
WILLMOTT
NURSES/PRACTICAL
- Provides relative to background checks for persons applying for licensure by the La. State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners
HB947
POPE
STATE DEPARTMENTS
- Requires certain state entities to report to the legislature information concerning administration of the entities
HB969
KENNY COX
PUBLIC HEALTH
- Requires adult residential care providers and nursing homes to disseminate information on shingles and pneumonia immunizations
HB1043
MAGEE
PHARMACISTS
- Provides relative to the licensure of therapeutic marijuana dispensing pharmacies
HCR22
P.SMITH
HEALTH SERVICES
- Continues the study committee to evaluate the statewide system of healthcare delivery created by HCR No. 170 of the 2015 R.S.
HCR24
BERTHELOT
PUBLIC HEALTH
- Urges the office of behavioral health to raise awareness of addictive disorders involving abuse of inhalants
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT