Agenda - Health and Welfare

Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
March 30, 2016 9:00 am John J. Hainkel, Jr. Room
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised March 30, 2016, 8:42 am * Revision Notes: Added SCR9, Removed SB350, Removed SB284

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	March 22, 2016
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		SCR9	FRED MILLS	HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT - Directs the Department of Health and Hospitals to evaluate and report on the number of Bayou Health plans that are necessary and appropriate before releasing another RFP to procure such plans.
		SCR14	W.BISHOP	HEALTH CARE - Requests the New Orleans East Hospital to become a Diabetes Education and Research Center.
		SB36	GATTI	MALPRACTICE - Provides exclusion from coverage for medical malpractice by doctor practicing outside his specialty or hospital privileges. (8/1/16) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
		SB37	GATTI	HEALTH CARE - Provides for recognition of waiver services granted to military parents transferred to Louisiana. (8/1/16) (OR NO IMPACT See Note)
		SB38	GATTI	MEDICAID - Provides with respect to payment of nonemergency services rendered in an emergency room to certain patients. (8/1/16) (OR -$527,452 GF EX See Note)
		SB121	COLOMB	HEALTH CARE - Creates the Louisiana Family Caregiver Act. (gov sig)
		SB187	BARROW	NURSES - Provides relative to advanced practice registered nursing. (gov sig)
		SB291	FRED MILLS	HEALTH CARE - Provides for patient access to physical therapy services without a prescription or referral from a physician. (gov sig)
		SB313	BARROW	CHILDREN - Provides relative to the Council on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. (gov sig)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT