House Committee on Health and Welfare
May 1, 2018
1:00 p.m.
Room 5
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HB881
DUSTIN MILLER
HEALTH/SMOKING
- Provides relative to the Louisiana Smoke Free Air Act
HCR64
DUSTIN MILLER
HEALTH/EMERG MED SERVICE
- Creates the Emergency Medical Services Professional Working Group to study and make recommendations to the legislature concerning matters relating to licensure and regulation of emergency medical personnel
HCR65
MCFARLAND
MEDICAID
- Requests the La. Department of Health to study and report to the legislature concerning the potential implementation of mandatory case management in the Medicaid program
HCR66
TALBOT
DRUGS/PRESCRIPTION
- Requests a study concerning the prospective establishment of a state prescription drug importation program
HCR69
GREGORY MILLER
MEDICAID
- Requests a study concerning means by which to improve the Medicaid estate recovery functions of the La. Department of Health
HCR70
HODGES
VETERANS
- Provides relative to healthcare licensing boards reporting to the House and Senate committees on health and welfare on their recognition of military veterans training in various healthcare occupations
HCR71
EDMONDS
ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Requests the attorney general to file an amicus brief in federal court to support Mississippi in that state's litigation to ban elective abortions after fifteen weeks gestation
HCR76
DUSTIN MILLER
HEALTH/SMOKING
- Creates a study committee to evaluate Louisiana's prevalence of tobacco-related illnesses resulting from secondhand smoke exposure
SB40
FRED MILLS
HEALTH CARE
- Provides relative to health profession licensing board membership. (8/1/18)
SB99
MORRELL
HEALTH CARE
- Extends legislative authority for the Louisiana Behavior Analyst Board. (7/1/18) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
SB506
FRED MILLS
HEALTH SERVICES
- Provides relative to the clinical laboratory personnel committee. (8/1/18)
SB561
BARROW
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
- Creates the Empowering Families to Live Well Louisiana Act. (gov sig) (REF SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT