House Committee on Appropriations
May 30, 2023
9:30 a.m.
Room 5
Adjourned
BLUE
= already considered.
RED
= currently being considered.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
INSTRUMENTS TO BE HEARD
HB127
HUGHES
TAX/STATE
- Exempts from state excise and sales taxes certain items given free of charge as samples at conventions, trade shows, and similar events (EN +$555,779 GF EX See Note)
HB410
GLOVER
MUSEUMS
- Establishes the Shreveport Water Works Museum as a facility within the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism (RE +$427,148 GF EX See Note)
HB642
JENKINS
TAX/SALES & USE
- Provides relative to sales and use taxation of certain digital products and services (EG INCREASE GF RV See Note)
SB12
FIELDS
PUBLIC HEALTH
- Requires an automated external defibrillator on the premises of all educational institutions and at sponsored athletic events. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
SB16
BERNARD
ELECTION CODE
- Provides relative to parish boards of election supervisors. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB111
DUPLESSIS
CRIMINAL RECORDS
- Provides relative to system upgrades to the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information and the Louisiana Supreme Court Case Management Information System to the expungement process. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB164
CLOUD
GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM
- Provides relative to prior authorization for services, procedures, and pharmaceuticals. (gov sig) (RE1 INCREASE SG EX See Note)
SB205
CORTEZ
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- Creates the Louisiana Foundational Integrated Research System for Transformation (LA FIRST). (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
SB233
CLOUD
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Creates the Expanding Louisiana's Health Care Workforce Fund. (8/1/23) (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HR167
EDMONDS
LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR
- Requests the legislative auditor to evaluate the oversight and management of the Office of Group Benefits' contracts with pharmacy benefit managers to provide pharmacy benefits for state employees and retirees (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
PRESENTATION BY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Any person who does not feel comfortable giving testimony in person may submit a prepared statement in accordance with House Rule 14.33 in lieu of appearing before the committee:
A. Any interested person or any committee member may file with the committee a prepared statement concerning a specific instrument or matter under consideration by the committee or concerning any matter within the committee's scope of authority, and the committee records shall reflect receipt of such statement and the date and time thereof.
B. Any person who files a prepared statement which contains data or statistical information shall include in such prepared statement sufficient information to identify the source of the data or statistical information. For the purposes of this Paragraph, the term "source" shall mean a publication, website, person, or other source from which the data or statistical information contained in the prepared statement was obtained by the person or persons who prepared the statement.
NOTE: Statements emailed to h-app@legis.la.gov and received prior to noon on Friday, April 28, 2023, will be distributed to the committee members prior to the meeting.